REINFORCED CONCRETE ARCH BRIDGE
HURSTBRIDGE-ARTHURS CREEK ROAD HURSTBRIDGE, NILLUMBIK SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010
What is significant?
The c1917 reinforced concrete bridge and the site within a 30 metre radius.
How is it significant?
The reinforced concrete bridge is historically and technically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik and the Melbourne Metropolitan area.
Why is it significant?
The bridge is historically and technically significant as an intact example of a pre-1939, reinforced concrete arch bridge constructed by the Monier Reinforced Concrete Construction Company (a firm founded by and closely linked with Sir John Monash) (Criteria F & H). The construction method was rare within the State, and particularly within the semi-rural Shire, where timber bridges were generally used (Criterion B).
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REINFORCED CONCRETE ARCH BRIDGE - Historical Australian Themes
TRANSPORT
3.8.5 Moving goods and people on land
3.8.7 Building and maintaining roads
4.5 Making settlements to serve rural AustraliaREINFORCED CONCRETE ARCH BRIDGE - Physical Description 1
Reinforced single concrete arch bridge cast in-situ, all concrete construction apart from the cast concrete and pipe balustrade.
REINFORCED CONCRETE ARCH BRIDGE - Usage/Former Usage
Original and Continuing Use: Road Bridge
REINFORCED CONCRETE ARCH BRIDGE - Physical Description 2
Reinforced single concrete arch bridge cast in-situ, all concrete construction apart from the cast concrete and galvanised steel pipe balustrade.
In comparison with its reinforced concrete pre Second War peers, the Hurstbridge example is unusual in having its original handrail and being otherwise unchanged and still in use. Examples date from the 1907 Daleys Bridge to the 1934 Donovans Bridge, both in the Romsey district { Budge}.
Compared to the 1950s and later reinforced concrete bridges typically built on highways and local roads, the arched form of this bridge contrasts with the typically post and beam type.
Heritage Study and Grading
Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study
Author: David Bick
Year: 1992
Grading:Nillumbik - Nillumbik Shire Heritage Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Assoc
Year: 1997
Grading:
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REINFORCED CONCRETE ARCH BRIDGENillumbik Shire
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