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Darbyshire Creek No. 2 Bridge

Other Name Boggy Creek bridge Location Wodonga-Cudgewa Railway, 2.2 Km west of Koetong,, KOETONG VIC 3704 - Property No B6951 File Number B6951 Level State

[1/1] b6951 Darbyshire Creek No 2

Statement of Significance

What is significant? Darbyshire Creek No. 2 Bridge, built in 1916 for the Wodonga-Cudgewa Railway, is a thirteen span single-track timber-beam bridge, with timber piers and a curving transverse-timber deck seventy seven metres in length. The nine main spans are of standard twenty feet design, and there are four spans of standard fifteen feet design. This two-storey timber-trestle rail bridge stands 13 metres high, and is the third tallest on the line.
The line was closed in 1981.
How is it significant? Darbyshire Creek No. 2 Bridge is technically, historically and aesthetically significant at State level.
Why is it significant? Darbyshire Creek No. 2 Bridge is of technical significance as a two storey all-timber rail bridge with longitudinal walings between piers 5 to 10. It is the third tallest bridge on the Wodonga-Cudgewa line, 13 metres tall.
Darbyshire Creek No.2 Bridge is of historic significance as part of the Wodonga-Cudgewa line, built in 1916 largely to transport mountain cattle to metropolitan markets. Post World War II this line became the main supply line for infrastructure for the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric project.
Darbyshire Creek No. 2 Bridge is of aesthetic significance. It is set in bush, and is readily visible from the Murray Valley Highway. It is in proximity to several other structurally-different timber bridges, is on the route of the High Country Rail Trail (currently being developed, 2011), and has a car park and picnic ground adjacent.
Classified: 10/11/1998