Narrows Bridge (Perth) railway bridge deck was made from nine steel girders each weighing up to and up to long. These girders were built in Kwinana, brought to the site by road and lowered into position with a crane. Narrows Bridge (Perth) The Narrows Bridge is a freeway and railway crossing of the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia. Made up of two road bridges and a railway bridge located over a section of water known as "The Narrows", located between Mill Point and Point Lewis, it connects the Mitchell and Kwinana Freeways, linking the city's northern and southern suburbs. The original road
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge July 1963 when he fell off of the bridge approach. The third worker who died was 19-year-old Gerard McKee, who fell into the water in October 1963 after slipping off the catwalk. After McKee's death, workers participated in a five-day strike in December 1963. The strike resulted in temporary safety nets being installed underneath the deck. These nets had not been provided during the four years prior to the strike. The construction of the bridge was chronicled by the writer Gay Talese in his 1964 book "The Bridge: The Building of the -Narrows Bridge". He also wrote several articles about