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TIMBER TRESTLE ROAD BRIDGE OVER DIAMOND CREEK

Other Name

BROUGHAM ST, ELTHAM

Location

BROUGHAM STREET ELTHAM, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/4]
Timber Trestle Road Bridge
[2/4]
29 - Timber Trestle Road
[3/4]
29 - Timber Trestle Road
[4/4]
Timber Trestle Road Bridge

Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010

What is significant?
The entire bridge and the surrounding site to a radius of 10 metres.

How is it significant?
The timber trestle bridge is technically and historically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

Why is it significant?
The bridge is technically and historically significant because it illustrates a traditional bridge building technology once common in the former Shire of Eltham, but now rare. Unusually for such a bridge, the western end span is twice the width of the other two (Criteria D & B).

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