Historical information

Johnston Street Bridge, earlier known as Studley Park Road Bridge, concrete road bridge across Yarra River between Kew and Abbotsford. Current bridge constructed 1954-56 by Country Roads Board to design by Bruce Watson, using cast-in-place reinforced concrete curved T girders with integral flat slab deck, opened 1956. Replaced 1876 iron trestle bridge and re-routed Studley Park Road to present alignment. Yarra Falls Spinning Co., later Yarra Falls Ltd, built first mill for spinning wool yarn on Johnston Street, Abbotsford, near Yarra River, in 1918, administrative complex facing Johnston Street in 1919.

Physical description

Colourised photograph, Studley Park Road curving down to Johnston Street Bridge over Yarra River, cars in both direction. Concrete bridge with arches below, white posts and railings. Beyond bridge, Johnston Street, Abbotsford, with Yarra Falls mill at right, brick factory with sign “YARRA FALLS / WORSTED SUITINGS”, Orlando Wines sign at left, factories and chimneys, city skyline in distance.