Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- The Metropolis on the Swan River; Shaped by its Roads and Bridges
- In
- 9th National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Proceedings
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers, Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, 1998, pp. 57-67
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1858256843
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.545833667250876
- Abstract
The metropolitan area of Perth has, from its beginnings, been shaped by the transport it uses. Initially it was the Swan River which created a settled area running east-west along the waterway of the river. Later railways replicated that pattern. From the 1930s motor vehicles came to play a major role in metropolitan development and by the 1950s they had become the dominant paradigm in urban planning. The system of roads then planned set out the pattern of Perth's development for the rest of the century. The Swan River, which had been its first transport corridor, became a barrier to road transport and a number of well designed and attractive bridges overcame it. These roads and bridges are a major factor in the shape of modern Perth and form part of its heritage.
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- 9th National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Proceedings edited by Martin, Ray L (Melbourne, Vic.: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1998), 213 pp, https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.1858256843. Details