Lewis Bandt Bridge

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The Lewis Bandt Bridge is an Australian feature bridge over the Moorabool River, close to the southern end of Stage 2 of the Geelong Ring Road.

Section 2 from the Midland Highway to the Hamilton Highway at Fyansford, (along with Section 1), was officially opened on Sunday, 14 December 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVgZmHvyCj8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/vVgZmHvyCj8 |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=Geelong Ring Road: Open to the Public|via=YouTube|date=14 December 2008|access-date=16 April 2009}}{{cbignore}} Two days of torrential rain beforehand threatened to disrupt the opening,{{cite web|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/12/13/37365_news.html|title=Rain Cancels Ring Road Family Day|work=Geelong Advertiser|date=13 December 2008|access-date=16 April 2009}} however it went ahead as planned after a cessation of the storm.{{cite web|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/12/14/37385_news.html|title=Green Light for Geelong Advertiser Ring Road Ride-Run|work=Geelong Advertiser|date=14 December 2008|access-date=16 April 2009}} The opening carried was out by Victorian Premier John Brumby,{{cite web|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/12/15/37461_news.html|title=Ring Road Open for Business|work=Geelong Advertiser|date=15 December 2008|access-date=16 April 2009}} who announced the naming of the bridge as the Lewis Bandt Bridge in honour of the Ford Australia engineer Lewis Bandt{{cite web |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bandt-louis-thornett-lewis-12169/text21807|title=Bandt, Louis Thornett (Lewis) (1910–1987) |author=Damian Veltri |publisher= Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=26 May 2013}} who is credited as the inventor of the coupé utility, in Geelong.{{cite web |last=Lannen |first=Danny |date=14 December 2008 |title=Brumby Declares Geelong Ring Road Open |url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/12/14/37395_news.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311061631/http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/12/14/37395_news.html |archive-date=11 March 2012 |access-date=16 April 2009 |work=Geelong Advertiser}}

Image:Geelong Bypass, Fyansford, 2007.jpg|The bridge under construction in 2007, viewed from the north

Image:Geelong Bypass, Fyansford v2, 2007.jpg|The bridge under construction in 2007