page_title: Canning Bridge
section_title: Second bridge: 1867
hierarchical_section_title: Canning Bridge / History / Second bridge: 1867
caption_attribution_description: English: Western Australia. Passengers leaving the Silver Star river steamer ferry at Coffee Point, Applecross with the old Canning Bridge in background. Looking South-East.
context_page_description: Canning Bridge is a traffic bridge which is the most downstream crossing of the Canning River in the city of Perth, Western Australia. The bridge is a part of Canning Highway, and it connects the suburbs of Como and Applecross. The Canning River is approximately 100 metres wide at the crossing, the narrowest point of the river along its downstream stretch. It is located near the Canning Bridge railway station.
context_section_description: Flooding in the Swan and Canning Rivers in 1862 damaged the Canning and Helena Bridges, as well as The Causeway. As a result, a new Canning Bridge was built in 1867 by convicts. This second bridge had a clearance of 12 feet (4 m) above the river water; the bridge deck was raised to have a clearance of 18 feet (6 m) in 1892.
caption: The Silver Star river steamer ferry at Coffee Point, Applecross with the second (1867) Canning Bridge in the background, c. 1906
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