Jubilee Bridge
Omeo Highway,, OMEO VIC 3898 - Property No B6842
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? Jubilee Bridge, built in 1917-1918 north of Omeo, is a four-span squared-timber-beam road bridge, with timber piers and abutments, and longitudinal timber deck. It is no longer in use.
How is it significant? Jubilee Bridge is significant for historic and technical reasons at the State level.
Why is it significant? Jubilee Bridge is of historic significance as the only surviving timber bridge known to have been built during World War 1. It is on the Omeo Highwav which links East Gippsland with the Upper Murray Valley, and is Victoria's first officially-declared state highway (1925). Until Jubilee Bridge was bypassed in 2001 it was the oldest timber bridge in use on a Victorian state highway.
Jubilee Bridge is of technical significance because the timber frame has technical characteristics unknown in any other Victorian bridge The hand-hewn old stringers and corbels of rugged Gippsland Grey Box still bearing broad-axe marks are in themselves extremely rare today but the manner in which they are locked together by squared-timber 'keys' or 'dowels' is unique in this State.
Jubilee Bridge has unusually long (9.5 metre) spans for a timber-beam road bridge.
Classified: 30/10/1998
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Jubilee Bridge - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION:
Jubilee Bridge is a four-spanned squared-timber-beam road bridge on timber piers and abutments. Its original transverse-timber deck over spiking planks was long ago modified by the use of timber cross-beams and longitudinal planking. It has a total deck length of thirty-five metres, and unusually long (9.5 metre) spans for a standard timber-beam road bridge. Towards the end of the 20th century the deck was modified by the addition of steel guard rails, and by the narrowing-down of the deck area open to traffic. Since the bridge was bypassed in the 2001 the deck planks and rails have been renewed.
CONTEXT:
Jubilee Bridge is situated in an attractive rural creek-valley setting amidst rolling pastoral hills in the Victorian high country just north of Omeo.
INTACTNESS:
Jubilee Bridge has been well maintained by VicRoads as a heritage bridge. It is no longer in use, having been bypassed in the early 2001.
Assessment against Criteria:
Importance to the course, or pattern, of Victoria's cultural history.Possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Victoria's cultural historyJubilee Bridge is the only surviving timber bridge known to have been built during World War 1. Until it was bypassed in 2001 it was the oldest timber bridge in use on a Victorian state highway.
Potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Victoria's cultural historyImportance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural places or objectsImportance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristicsImportance in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular periodJubilee Bridge's timber frame has technical characteristics unknown in any other Victorian bridge The hand-hewn old stringers and corbels of rugged Gippsland Grey Box still bearing broad-axe marks are in themselves extremely rare today but the manner in which they are locked together by squared-timber 'keys' or 'dowels' is unique in this State.
Jubilee Bridge has unusually long (9.5 metre) spans for a timber-beam road bridge.
Jubilee Bridge - Usage/Former Usage
road bridge - not in use
Jubilee Bridge - Physical Conditions
Jubilee Bridge has been well maintained by VicRoads as a heritage bridge.
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Jubilee BridgeNational Trust
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