Horseshoe Bridge

It took me a while to realise the «bridge» part of Horseshoe Bridge, mainly because if you are driving or walking over it, it is deceptively near ground level. Eventually, it occurred to me that the bridge was over the train station.
It is one of Perth’s defining features, forming a link between the CBD and Northbridge, albeit a flawed one — it hinders more than helps traffic issues, because of its narrow lanes and twisting nature. Still, Perth is one of the few cities where there is a bridge that doesn’t appear like a bridge, making Horseshoe Bridge a distinct feature.

If there was a bridge to encompass the individuality and at times warped sense of humour that is Perth.. . the horse shoe would be it.
Situated just at the end of William Street (a funky strip along Northbridge) this bridge runs over the Fremantle train line from central station. For anyone not from Perth this bridge can cause a number of mixed emotions.. . when I first arrived, totally clueless with bearings and on a deadline, it caused as a great inconvenience and much frustration as I tried to establish where William street had disappeared to? Now, that I have grown to know and love this horseshoe, I laugh at the ridiculousness of it and the inconvenience it causes others. (Of course I am always willing to offer directions with an «I’ve been there before» smile.)
it’s warped, it’s weird and it’s wonderful– Perth would not be what it is without little idiosyncrasies like the horseshoe.