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OLD LOWER PLENTY BRIDGE

Location Off Lower Plenty Road ELTHAM NORTH, Banyule City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] OLD LOWER PLENTY BRIDGE

Statement of Significance

The 1860s bluestone and iron Plenty Bridge is of considerable local historical significance. It is the oldest remaining bridge in the former Shire of Eltham and the original gateway, and is constructed on the site of the earlier 1858 bridge and toll house. The bridge also has associations with the original 1858 Plenty Bridge Hotel, which was a centre of community life for more than 100 years and whose siting reflected the significance of such crossing points in the 19th century. The environs of the bridge are of local historical significance, being the site of the river crossing where Edward Willis, the first recorded settler in the Shire, had his pastoral run in 1837.