TIMBER TRESTLE ROAD BRIDGE, CHAPEL LA
CHAPEL LANE NUTFIELD, NILLUMBIK SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010
What is significant?
The entire late 19th/early 20th century one lane timber road trestle bridge and the site to a radius of 30 metres.
How is it significant?
The bridge is historically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.
Why is it significant?
The bridge is historically significant as a good example of the large timber trestle road bridges constructed in Victoria during the late 19th/early 20th centuries and because this type of bridge is now rare within the Shire (Criteria B & D).
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TIMBER TRESTLE ROAD BRIDGE, CHAPEL LA - Historical Australian Themes
TRANSPORT
3.8.5 Moving goods and people on land
3.8.7 Building and maintaining roadsTIMBER TRESTLE ROAD BRIDGE, CHAPEL LA - Physical Description 1
A small, multi-span, all timber framed bridge, with the exception of the steel main beams.
Heritage Study and Grading
Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study
Author: David Bick
Year: 1992
Grading:
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TIMBER TRESTLE ROAD BRIDGE, CHAPEL LANillumbik Shire
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