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PAM AT WEST GATE BRIDGE
The industrial flats either side of the bridge — Spotswood tank farms, Yarraville silos, the Maribyrnong sheds — are some of the most painted surfaces in Australia, and Pam is on most of them. The bridge is the backdrop, the west is the canvas.
THE PLACE
The big steel box girder into the west: 2.6 kilometres end to end, 58 metres of clearance so ships can pass underneath, and 200,000 vehicles a day grinding across it.
The bridge carries the memory of 1970, when a span collapsed during construction and 35 workers were killed. The industrial flats either side — Spotswood, Yarraville, the Maribyrnong tanks — are some of the most painted surfaces in Australia.
- Length
- 2,582 m
- Clearance
- 58 m
- Opened
- 1978
IN THE GAME
West Gate Bridge shows up about 28200 metres into a run. Crash into it and your Pam is painted straight onto it — the piece lands in your Pam Book and stays up in the world for everyone else to fly past.
FLY IT NOWQUESTIONS
Has Pam the Bird been painted at West Gate Bridge?
The industrial flats either side of the bridge — Spotswood tank farms, Yarraville silos, the Maribyrnong sheds — are some of the most painted surfaces in Australia, and Pam is on most of them. The bridge is the backdrop, the west is the canvas.
Where is West Gate Bridge?
West Gate Bridge is at Over the Yarra, Spotswood to Port Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Can you paint West Gate Bridge in Pam The Bird: The Game?
Yes. West Gate Bridge appears about 28200 metres into a run. Crash into it and your Pam is painted across it, then the piece is logged in your Pam Book and stays up in the world for every other player to fly past.