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Melbourne-Geelong Railway Bridge and Stone Ford

Location

Merton Street and Railway Avenue ALTONA MEADOWS, Hobsons Bay City

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is Significant?

The bluestone railway bridge and stone ford on the Melbourne-Geelong Railway at Laverton Creek, comprising the bluestone abutments, piers and roadway originally constructed in 1859, situated near the intersection of Merton Street and Railway Avenue, Altona Meadows.

How is it Significant?

The bluestone railway bridge and stone ford at Laverton Creek are of local historic and technical significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.

Why is it Significant?

Historically, it is significant as an original and contributory part of the earliest railway line to cross the region and one of a small group of stone railway bridges from the 1850s in the region (AHC criterion A4 and B2)

Technically, it is significant as the only ford paved with shaped or worked stone in the municipality and as an unusual combination of road ford and rail bridge in the Melbourne area. (AHC criterion B2 and F1)

Group

Transport - Rail

Category

Railway Bridge/ Viaduct