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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Viaduct Railway Bridge Over Melton Reservoir Brookfield and Hickey Road, MELTON SOUTH VIC 3338 - Property No B3741		B3741	File only
Railway Bridge over Dandenong Road Dandenong Road, East of Chapel Street,, WINDSOR VIC 3181 - Property No B7683		B7683	File only
Railway Bridge Navigators-Dunnstown Road, NAVIGATORS VIC 3352 - Property No B3166	Railway bridge, Navigators, is a single span bridge erected in 1860, it is believed, over the track North Geelong to Warrenheip Railway line. The depressed arched structure has battered piers to both sides of the arch and additional piers to close the abutments. The structure is faced with rusticated masonry with drafted edges. The parapet has a two stage string course and the voussoirs, impost and plinth are features. This bluestone bridge is of note for its historical ... more	B3166	Regional
Railway Bridge Peel Street,, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No B3395	This bridge is a segmental brick arch faced with stone and crosses the roadway with a single span of 15.2m at a considerable height, with good and impressive proportions. Completed in 1862, the span is considerable for a bridge of this age and type. It was the longest brick arch span of its time and was exceeded only by five stone arches = Lansdowne (1836, 33.5 m), Parramatta (1839, 27.4 m), First Princes (1859, 47.5 m, Malmsbury (1861, 18.3 m) and Riddells Creek (1861, 18.3 ... more	B3395	Local
Curdies River Railway Bridge Curdies Siding, TIMBOON VIC 3268 - Property No B3711	The Rail Bridge over Curdies River, Curdies Siding, Timboon, was constructed in 1892 on the Timboon-Camperdown Line by Buscombe, Chappell & Bell for the Victorian Railways. It is a single track, 31 span timber trestle bridge spanning the river and flood plain with a variety of two and four pile pier types, with and without stay piles. The trestles are constructed of large diameter timber bush poles bolted together, with sawn timber superstructure and footway, employing ... more	B3711	State
Railway Bridge Over Broken River Broken River,, BENALLA VIC 3672 - Property No B6585	The Broken River Railway Bridge is of historical significance at a State Level for its association with the North-Eastern Railway from Melbourne to Wodonga (and later Sydney), one of Victoria's main trunk lines. It is also of scientific (Technical) significance at a National Level, as one of the main engineering structures on the line and as a particularly large example of an early Australian iron plate-girder bridge. At the time of construction, it was the longest metal girder ... more	B6585	State
Nicholson River Railway Bridge Adjacent to Princess Highway,, NICHOLSON VIC 3882 - Property No B6946	The Nicholson River Railway Bridge is historically, scientifically and aesthetically significant at State level. Built in very difficult years of wartime labour and material shortages, during 1915-1916, it is a substantial single-track sixteen-span composite timber-steel-concrete structure of unique design, with a total deck length of 180 metres and standing at an impressive height above the broad floodplain. The Nicholson River Bridge is a very complex structure. It combines ... more	B6946	State
Snowy River Floodplain Railway Bridges Bairnsdale/Orbost Railway (west of Orbost), ORBOST VIC 3888 - Property No B6948	The Snowy River Floodplain Railway Bridges, two sequential and exceptionally long and low timber railway bridges on the Snowy River floodplain just west of Orbost, were built in 1916, and provided the original terminus point for the Bairnsdale-Orbost railway. The bridges are 770 metres and 183 metres long respectively. The shorter bridge is of uniformly 4.57 metre (fifteen feet) timber-beam construction; retains its all-timber integrity, and has a sweeping curve in its deck. ... more	B6948	State
Dwyer's Creek Railway Bridge Branxholme-Casterton Railway adjacent to Portland/Casterton Road, HENTY VIC 3312 - Property No B6944	Dwyer's Creek Railway Bridge is a single-track timber-pier and rail-deck railway bridge of 19 spans and 63.7 metres long, constructed in 1884 as part of the Branxholme-Casterton railway. The line was closed in 1977. Dwyer's Creek Railway Bridge is of historical and technical significance to the State of Victoria. Dwyer's Creek Railway Bridge is of historical significance as a surviving relic of the Branxholme-Casterton railway, which had a significant place in ... more	B6944	Demolished
Railway Bridge over Creswick Creek CRESWICK VIC 3363 - Property No B0361	Straight forward design. Enterprising for date. Probably last example of work of Phoenix Foundry extant on the Victorian Railways. Classified: 'Regional' 11/03/1971 Revised: 03/08/1998	B0361	State

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