Murray Bridge information

Murray Bridge is a city in South Australia about southeast of Adelaide and 1 hour drive north of Meningie. It services a farming area including dairy, pigs, chickens, cereal crops and vegetables (including "stay crisp lettuces"). It is where the Princes Highway crosses the Murray River on the main road and rail routes from Adelaide to Melbourne.
Murray Bridge is in the traditional lands of the Ngarrindjeri people. The first European explorer was Charles Sturt who camped here on 8 February 1830.
The first road bridge across the lower Murray was completed here in 1879 and has a 40 km/h (~25 mph) speed limit. The bridge also became a shared road and rail bridge in 1886 until the separate rail bridge was completed in 1927. The Swanport Bridge was completed downstream in 1979, removing most through traffic from the historic bridge. The city was originally known as Mobilong, then Edwards Crossing before finally becoming Murray Bridge in 1924.
The Rural City of Murray Bridge, in the state electoral district of Hammond and the federal Division of Barker contains the city of Murray Bridge and suburbs: White Hill, Gifford Hill, Swanport, Long Flat, Riverglades, Avoca Dell, Willowbanks, SunnySide, Northern Heights, Rocky Gully, Mobilong and Monarto.
Local Schools include Murray Bridge Primary & Junior Primary, Murray Bridge South Primary, Fraser Park Primary, St Joseph's Primary, Murray Bridge High, Murray Bridge Christian College and Unity College. (...) more....

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