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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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WESTERN HIGHWAY (DISUSED SECTION) MELTON WEST AND LONG FOREST, MELTON CITY, MOORABOOL SHIRE
VHR H1658An early surviving bridge distinctive for its single arched design and construction in sandstone. This structure is representative of a number of such single arched bridges constructed in…
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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 MERRI CREEK, NEWLANDS ROAD COBURG, MORELAND CITY
VHR H1446The Bridge, over Merri Creek was constructed in 1865 by convict labour from nearby Pentridge Prison. It was built under the administration of William Champ, the third inspector General of…
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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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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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OVER LITTLE RIVER, OLD MELBOURNE ROAD LITTLE RIVER, GREATER GEELONG CITY, WYNDHAM CITY
VHR H1454The Rothwell Bridge over the Little River at Rothwell was erected as a double span segmental arched stone structure in 1866-67 from designs prepared by the Shire of Wyndham Engineer, John…
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SHELFORD-BANNOCKBURN ROAD SHELFORD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
VHR H1452The Iron Bridge over the Leigh River at Shelford was erected in 1873-74 by the Shire of Leigh, replacing an earlier timber structure of 1851. The structure, which consists of two continuous…
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SUNBURY RAILWAY STATION, 1 BROOK STREET SUNBURY, HUME CITY
VHR H1673The water tower at Sunbury was constructed in 1861 on the Melbourne-Bendigo line by J Bett for the Victorian Railways. It is a standard 20,000-gallon, riveted iron rectangular tank,…
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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 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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BRIDGE OVER MOONEE PONDS CREEK
FAWKNER STREET WESTMEADOWS, HUME CITY
VHR H1455The Bridge, over Moonee Ponds Creek was constructed in 1869 by the Broadmeadows District Road Board and cost £1063. It replaced an earlier bridge constructed at this location in 1854.…
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WILLIAMSTOWN RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX
17 HANMER STREET WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY
VHR H1599The Melbourne Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company was formed in 1853 to provide a rail link to port facilities at Williamstown as well as the line north to Echuca, within seven…
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OVER BARWON RIVER, PRINCES HIGHWAY WINCHELSEA, SURF COAST SHIRE
VHR H1456The Barwon River Bridge at Winchelsea was erected in 1867 for the Council of the Shire of Winchelsea, replacing an earlier timber structure of 1849. The three span arch structure was built of…
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OVER YOULS CREEK, CARAMUT-WARRNAMBOOL ROAD WOOLSTHORPE, MOYNE SHIRE
VHR H1457The Youl?s Creek Road Bridge is a small, single-span bluestone bridge built in 1856 to a design by Dilmond John Howes, who was engineer of the Belfast District Roads Board and later the Shire…
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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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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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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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CHURCHILL ISLAND, BASS COAST SHIRE
VHR H1614 H7921-0002Churchill Island, Westernport Bay off Phillip Island, includes the entire island and linking timber bridge, with all buildings and objects located on it. The island was first 'settled' by…
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ROAD OVER RAIL BRIDGE (MURRAY VALLEY RAILWAY, MELBOURNE TO ECHUCA)
RAILWAY ROAD ELPHINSTONE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1781The Railway Road bridge forms part of the Murray Valley Railway (Melbourne to Echuca line). Opened in five stages from February 1859 to September 1864, the Murray Valley Railway was the…
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PYRENEES HIGHWAY BUNG BONG, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE, PYRENEES SHIRE
VHR H1846The old Glenmona Bridge is situated beside the modern bridge at the Bet Bet Creek crossing of the Pyrenees Highway at the site of the old Bung Bong township. It is a continuous wrought-iron…
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OVER LITTLE WOADY YALLOCK RIVER, ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD WERNETH AND ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD ROKEWOOD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
VHR H1847McMillans Bridge is situated on the Little Woady Yalloack River crossing of the Rokewood-Skipton Road 6 kilometres west of Rokewood. It was originally built in 1856 by the Central Road Board…
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OVER CRAWFORD RIVER, PORTLAND-CASTERTON ROAD HOTSPUR, GLENELG SHIRE
VHR H1845The old Hotspur Bridge, built in 1870, is a disused bridge on the Crawford River crossing of the Portland-Casterton Road at Hotspur township. It is a low single-span wrought-iron…
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OVER BURCHETT CREEK, OFF HAMILTON HIGHWAY CARAMUT, MOYNE SHIRE
VHR H1856Burchett Creek Bridge is situated beside the modern Hamilton Highway on the old Caramut-Hexham Road crossing of Burchett Creek immediately east of Caramut township. Although not possible to…
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