TIMBER TRESTLE ROAD BRIDGE, CHAPEL LA

Location

CHAPEL LANE NUTFIELD, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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).

Group

Transport - Road

Category

Road Bridge