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68001

Bayles Bridge

T.B.R. No 263,264.

Koo-Wee-Rup - Longwarry Road,, BAYLES VIC 3981 - Property No B7059

The 'twin' timber-and-steel bridges popularly known as 'Bayles Bridge', built in 1950, are of scientific, historical, social and aesthetic significance at State level. At seven and eight spans respectively, each of these contiguous 'twin' bridges ranks in size among the top 10% of timber road bridges in Victoria. They are the largest surviving swamp road bridges in Victoria, and the most impressive of the once-numerous series of Koo-wee-rup Swamp timber and steel road bridges. ... more

B7059

State
 

Bluestone Bridge over Kororoit Creek

Geelong Road/Princes Highway,, BROOKLYN VIC 3012 - Property No B1906

B1906

Local
151195

Hawthorn Bridge

Between Bridge Road and Burwood Road,, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No B6649

The Hawthorn Bridge is a substantial riveted, wrought-iron, lattice-truss bridge with bluestone abutments and piers. It is one of the oldest metal bridges in Australia. This crossing was one of the earliest Yarra River crossing points and a major communication route in early Melbourne. The present bridge was constructed in the early wave of major new infrastructure funded by the gold rushes. The design reflects the standards of engineering and craftsmanship of the British Empire at ... more

B6649

State
184069

Calulu Bridge over Mitchell River

Settlement Road,, LINDENOW VIC 3865 - Property No B0287

Demolished c. 2008-2009

B0287

Demolished
 

Wallen Road Bridge over Yarra River

Wallen Road,, HAWTHORN VIC 3122 - Property No B7485

B7485

File only
69778

Railway Station - Lethbridge

168 Ackland Road,, LETHBRIDGE VIC 3332 - Property No B2354

Fine bluestone building on one of the earliest link routes in Victoria. The Lethbridge Railway Station on the Geelong-Ballarat line was erected in 1862 by contractors John Campbell and Co from designs prepared by Victorian Railways architects. This regular coursed, squared basalt structure in the Victorian Italianate style consists of a part two-storey station office, residence, lamp room and toilets with timber verandah over the platform. The Lethbridge Railway Station is one ... more

B2354

Regional
69890

Hotspur Bridge over Crawford River

National Trust Timber Bridges Database No 0026

Portland-Casterton Road,, HOTSPUR VIC 3303 - Property No B2212

The Hotspur wrought-iron plate-girder road bridge of 1870 is historically and scientifically significant at State level. Any extant Victorian road bridge whose origins predate the devastating state-wide floods of the spring of 1870, and which retains a high degree of structural integrity, has a prima facie claim to be of historical significance at State level. Such bridges are extremely few. Had this bridge not been unusually strong it would probably have gone the way of so many ... more

B2212

State
70224

Jeparit Bridge over the Wimmera River

Wimmera River Bridge, Jeparit

Adjacent to N side, Nhill-Jeparit Road,, JEPARIT VIC 3423 - Property No B7067

The Jeparit Bridge was built in 1891, opened in 1892, and is one of Victoria's oldest surviving timber road bridges. The bridge has seven timber-beam spans 26 feet (7.9 metres) in length, with extremely rare squared-timber strutted-corbel construction supporting timber stringers, and a total deck length of 182 feet (54.6 metres). The deck width is fifteen feet (4.5 metres) between heavy timber kerbs, The timber piers each consist of seven piles, including one raker pile on each ... more

B7067

State
190567

Railway Bridge

Over Mollison's Creek,, PYALONG VIC 3521 - Property No B3287

The Rail Bridge was constructed in 1889 by the firm of McDermott & Sons, on the Wandong-Bendigo Line, for the Victorian Railways. It is a 26-span, timber trestle bridge, with a timber deck that carries a single track over Mollison's Creek. The line was closed in 1968 and the track and timber sleepers have been removed. The bridge is currently fenced off. The Rail Bridge over Mollison's Creek, Pyalong is historically and architecturally significant to the State of ... more

B3287

Regional
70759

Ellerslie Bridge

Hopkins Highway,, ELLERSLIE VIC 3265 - Property No B6521

The timber, bluestone and cast -iron bridge over the Hopkins River at Ellerslie is of State historical, technical and aesthetic significance on the following grounds: -opened in 1867, it is the oldest known surviving timber girder bridge in Victoria; -its aesthetic quality, both of the structure itself, which was remarked upon at the time of its opening, and of its attractive rural setting; -it is one of only 32 known combination girder and masonry birdges, only four of ... more

B6521

State
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