Murray Bridge is a city in South Australia about 80km southeast of Adelaide. It is the service town for a farming area including dairy, pigs, chickens, cereal crops and vegetables. 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, also becoming a rail bridge in 1886. The separate rail bridge was completed in 1927. The Swanport Bridge was completed 5km downstream in 1979, removing most through traffic from the historic bridge. The town was originally known as Mobilong, then Edwards Crossing before finally becoming Murray Bridge in 1924

Wiki Links

• Mobilong Prison

External Links

• Rural City of Murray Bridge