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Latrobe River Railway Bridge

National Trust Bridges Database No. 641 ,  Latrobe River No.2 Bridge ,  Bridge No. 5 on the Rail Trail

Gippsland Plains Rail Trail, 4.10 km north of Princes Highway,, TRARALGON VIC 3844 - Property No B7371

This bridge, over the Latrobe River, formed part of the Traralgon-Maffra-Stratford Railway, which was opened as far as Heyfield on 13 November 1883. It was built by contractors Lewis P. Moline & James King for the Victorian Railways in 1882-3 and is the third-oldest substantial timber-beam railway bridge surviving in Victoria. It is substantially a four-piled structure, with stay-piles added to the piers on the river. It is 242 metres long, with fifty-three 15 foot spans (4.6m) ... more

B7371

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