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ROAD OVER RAIL BRIDGE
Other NameRailway bridge LocationGRICE CRESCENT AND NAPIER STREET, ESSENDON, MOONEE VALLEY CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
Why is it significant?
How is it significant?
The road over rail bridge, constructed in 1911-12, between Grice
Crescent and Napier Street, Essendon is significant. This single-span
road over rail bridge has abutments and wing walls constructed of
red-brick with stringcourses and coping of rough-hewn bluestone with
tooled margins. The balustrade is of riveted steel panels. The bridge
appears to be in good condition. Upper sections of the wing walls have
been removed and replaced with cyclone wire fencing, presumably to
provide better visibility for motorists.
The road over rail bridge between Grice Crescent and Napier
Street, Essendon is of local historic significance to the City of
Moonee Valley.
It is significant as a representative and relatively intact
example of a bridge constructed by the Victorian Railways, which is
associated with the improvements made to the North Eastern railway
line in the early twentieth century. (Criteria A & D)
Group
Transport - Rail
Category
Railway Bridge/ Viaduct