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RAIL BRIDGE

Other Names

NOWA NOWA RAIL BRIDGE , STONY CREEK TRESTLE BRIDGE

Location

OVER STONY CREEK, NOWA NOWA, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE

File Number

603352

Level

Registered

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RAIL BRIDGE SOHE 2008
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RAIL BRIDGE SOHE 2008
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1 rail bridge nowa nowa side
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rail bridge nowa nowa trestle
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rail bridge at nowa nowa plan
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General view of bridge, Jan
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General view of bridge, May
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Top of bridge, Jan 2008.
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Top of bridge, Jan 2008.
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Rails and sleepers detail, Jan
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Rail and sleepers detail, Jan
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Bridge structure, May 2007.
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Bridge piles detail, May 2007.
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Victorian Railways'

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The Rail Bridge over Stony Creek, on the Orbost-Bairnsdale Line, east of Nowa Nowa, was constructed by the Victorian Railways in 1916. It is a dramatic 27 span, 276 metre long, 18.6 metre high timber trestle bridge, supporting a single railway track over Stony Creek. The bridge is no longer in use, due to damage caused by a bushfire in 1980.

How is it significant?

The Rail Bridge over Stony Creek, Nowa Nowa is historically and architecturally significant to the State of Victoria.

Why is it significant?

The bridge is architecturally significant as a representative and essentially intact example of a timber trestle bridge along the Melbourne to Orbost line. It is one of the longest and highest remaining examples of a timber trestle bridge in Victoria.

The bridge is historically significant as a notable example of timber trestle bridge construction, demonstrating a distinctive construction method that utilised the native bush timbers.

Group

Transport - Rail