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BROKEN RIVER BRIDGE
Other NamesBRIDGE STREET BRIDGE , BRIDGE LocationOVER BROKEN RIVER, BRIDGE STREET BENALLA, BENALLA RURAL CITY
File Number605636LevelRegistered |
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Statement of Significance
The 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 Concrete and
Monier Pipe Construction Company. The bridge was widened in 1939-40 to
plans prepared by Allan Ozanne of the Country Roads Board, assisted by
the shire engineer, Les Fawkner. The Broken River Bridge, a rare early example of concrete girder
bridge design, demonstrates technical accomplishment in the use of
reinforced concrete girder bridges, such as the bridge over the Loddon
River, Laanecoorie (still extant), the Benalla bridge was influential
in the development of the technology of girder construction which was
to come into general acceptance from 1915 onwards. The bridge has an association with John (later Sir John) Monash,
soldier, engineer and administrator, who, at the time of the bridge's
construction, directed the Reinforced Concrete and Monier Pipe
Construction Company, the company at the forefront of reinforced
concrete construction in Victoria at that time. The bridge, with its concrete piers linked by arches, the decorative
volutes of each pier and the ornamental cast iron and galvanised iron
pipe rail balustrades, demonstrates typical craftsmanship and decoration.
Group
Transport - Road
Category
Road Bridge