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BRIDGE ROAD RICHMOND AND BURWOOD ROAD HAWTHORN, BOROONDARA CITY, YARRA CITY
VHR H0050The Hawthorn Bridge is a large bluestone and wrought-iron bridge, opened in 1861 to connect Richmond and Hawthorn across the Yarra River via Bridge Road. The metal bridge replaced an earlier…
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OLD HUME HIGHWAY SEYMOUR, MITCHELL SHIRE
VHR H0092The Old Goulburn River Bridge is a composite timber trestle and metal road bridge on the Old Hume Highway at Seymour. The bridge has 7-pile timber piers and nine spans with a maximum span…
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VICTORIA STREET RICHMOND AND BARKERS ROAD KEW, YARRA CITY, BOROONDARA CITY
VHR H0374Victoria Bridge is a riveted and welded steel Warren truss bridge over the Yarra River completed in 1884 to a design by Fraser & Chase following a controversial design competition held…
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WALLEN ROAD HAWTHORN AND SWAN STREET RICHMOND, BOROONDARA CITY, YARRA CITY
VHR H0380Wallen Road Bridge was designed by Temperley, Edwards and Jenkins and erected by the Johnson & Co Tyne Foundry, Melbourne in 1881. Known originally as Richmond Park Bridge, then Swan…
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TOOLEYBUC ROAD PIANGIL, SWAN HILL RURAL CITY
VHR H0765Built in 1925, the Tooleybuc Bridge is a timber truss and steel lift-span bridge over the Murray River at Tooleybuc in New South Wales, near Piangil in Victoria. The bridge comprises of a…
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DENILIQUIN ROAD SWAN HILL, SWAN HILL RURAL CITY
VHR H0794Built in 1896 by the Victorian bridge builders, Farquharson Bros, to a design by New South Wales Public Works Department Engineer, Percy Allan, the Swan Hill Bridge is a timber truss and…
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KERANG-KOONDROOK ROAD KOONDROOK, GANNAWARRA SHIRE
VHR H0795Built in 1904 by Monash and Anderson to a design by New South Wales Public Works Department engineer, Ernest De Burgh, the Barham-Koondrook Bridge is a composite De Burgh truss and steel…
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OVER MITTA MITTA RIVER, OMEO VALLEY ROAD OMEO VALLEY, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H0917The Hinnomunjie bridge over the Mitta Mitta river is historically significant in being only one of the five known extant timber truss bridges in Victoria and one of only two multiple trusses.…
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TALGARNO ROAD BELLBRIDGE AND BETHANGA, TOWONG SHIRE (PARTIALLY IN NSW)
VHR H0989The Bethanga Bridge, was built between 1927 and 1930 as a joint venture between New South Wales and Victoria as part of the Hume Dam project and as a key element of the River Murray Waters…
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OVER HOPKINS RIVER, HOPKINS HIGHWAY ELLERSLIE, MOYNE SHIRE
VHR H1029The Ellerslie Bridge is a large disused timber and masonry bridge over the Hopkins River beside the Hopkins Highway at Ellerslie. It was built in 1867 at the crossing place then known as…
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OVER BROKEN RIVER, BRIDGE STREET BENALLA, BENALLA RURAL CITY
VHR H1043The concrete girder bridge over Broken River, Benalla was designed by John (later Sir John) Monash, with assistance from shire engineer, Samuel Jeffrey, and built in 1909-10 by the Reinforced…
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OVER WAURN PONDS CREEK, PRINCES HIGHWAY WAURN PONDS, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H1104The bridge over Waurn Ponds Creek, Waurn Ponds was built in 1868 of locally quarried limestone with bluestone detailing. It is a finely detailed small single span segmentally arched structure…
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OVER MOORABOOL RIVER, HAMILTON HIGHWAY FYANSFORD, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H1108The currently unused road bridge over the Moorabool River at Fyansford was designed and built by Melbourne engineers, Monash & Anderson in 1899. The bridge which was built for the Shires…
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OVER MOORABOOL RIVER, MIDLAND HIGHWAY BATESFORD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H1115The bridge at Batesford, which was built in 1859, is the third bridge to be built on that site. It is constructed of local bluestone and crosses the Moorabool River in five segmentally arched…
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MURRAY ROAD COBURG, MORELAND CITY
VHR H1198The Merri Creek Bridge was built by Pentridge Prison labour for the Coburg District Road Board. It was commissioned in 1870 and completed in 1871. Bluestone for the large single span bridge…
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TIMBER TRUSS AND CONCRETE BRIDGE
OVER GENOA RIVER, OLD PRINCES HIGHWAY GENOA, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H1214Please note, this place was impacted by the 2019/20 bushfires. The 100 metre long timber truss and concrete bridge over the Genoa River at Genoa is a parallel girder truss bridge with…
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HEATHCOTE-KYNETON ROAD REDESDALE AND HEATHCOTE-KYNETON ROAD MIA MIA, GREATER BENDIGO CITY, MITCHELL SHIRE
VHR H1419The Redesdale Bridge is a wrought iron and timber structure with bluestone abutments which was installed over the Campaspe River in January 1868, although the bridge actually bears the date…
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SPRING CREEK, BRIDGE ROAD BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H1424The Newtown Bridge is a single arch granite bridge built c.1875. The bridge spans over Spring Creek at Beechworth and is 24.8 metres long with a kerb to kerb width of 6.3 metres. The arch…
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OVER BIRCH (FORMERLY BULLAROOK) CREEK, NEWSTEAD-CRESWICK ROAD SMEATON, HEPBURN SHIRE
VHR H1425The Bridge over Birch (formerly Bullarook) Creek on the Ballarat to Castlemaine Road is a notable example of a small bluestone bridge. The single span, 50 foot bridge was constructed in 1892…
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OVER JACKSONS CREEK, SUNBURY ROAD SUNBURY, HUME CITY
VHR H1426The Bluestone Road Bridge over Jacksons Creek is a double arched bridge with adjoining abutments, constructed of blue stone with Flemish bond block work and ruled joints. The two span bridge…
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OVER MARIBYRNONG RIVER, MELTON-KEILOR ROAD KEILOR AND KEILOR EAST, BRIMBANK CITY
VHR H1427There is some conjecture as to the origins of the idea for a bridge in this particular location; however it is generally accepted that the Iron Bridge over the Maribyrnong River was…
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OVER COMMISSIONERS CREEK, ISAACS AVENUE YACKANDANDAH, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H1428The Bridge over Commissioner's Creek is a single arched bridge which was constructed c. 1857. The entire bridge is constructed of rusticated granite dimension stones. The capping stones are…
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SWING BRIDGE DRIVE SALE AND LONGFORD, WELLINGTON SHIRE
VHR H1438The Swing Bridge, located over the Latrobe River approximately 5 km south of Sale on the South Gippsland Highway, was erected in 1880-1883 by Peter Platt, contractor, and designed by John…
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OVER YARRA RIVER, ANDERSON STREET SOUTH YARRA, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H1440Morell Bridge over the Yarra River at Anderson Street, South Yarra was constructed in 1899 by the firm of Monash and Anderson using the Monier concrete construction technique. The Monier…
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OLD HUME HIGHWAY AVENEL, STRATHBOGIE SHIRE
VHR H1445The Hughes Creek Bridge on the Hume Highway at Avenel was erected in 1859 by the Board of Land and Works, and replaced a timber bridge erected in 1847. The contractor was Hugh Dalrymple. It…
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