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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Trestle Bridge Arundel Road, KEILOR VIC 3036 - Property No B3737	This is a fair example of an all timber bridge common at the beginning of this century. Very few of this type now remain and its location close to the metropolitan area makes it a suitable subject for retention if the municipality or other local bodies can provide the continuing maintenance effort that will be necessary to keep it safe for foot traffic. A further advantage of this site is its close proximity to a number of other bridges of varying ages and diverse forms of ... more	B3737	State
Eltham Rail Trestle Bridge Panther Place, ELTHAM VIC 3095 - Property No B4173	The timber trestle rail bridge at Eltham is historically, scientifically, aesthetically and socially significant at State level. Mainly of timber-pier and timber-beam construction, but varied by a few longer steel-joists spans on timber piers at the main stream channel, this substantial bridge has almost two hundred metres of timber deck. Built in 1902, it is the only railway bridge of predominantly timber construction that is still in regular use as an integral part of ... more	B4173	State
Puffing Billy Trestle Bridge Gembrook Road, BELGRAVE VIC 3160 - Property No B2960	Built 1899 for narrow guage railway on standard Victorian Railways pattern but unusual in its curve; known at first as the "Horseshoe Bridge". See also Landscape files: L10108 & L10112, Classified 18/09/1975 2006 National Trust Victorian Heritage Icon Award	B2960	State
Railway Trestle Bridge Noojee Trestle Rail Trail Bridge Yarra Junction-Noojee Road, NOOJEE VIC 3833 - Property No B1525	The Rail Bridge, Noojee, was constructed in 1919 on the Noojee-Warragul line, to the design of the Chief Engineer of Works, Edward Ballard, for the Victorian Railways. It is an eighteen-span, curved timber trestle bridge. The line was closed in 1958 and the bridge was sold to the local shire. The single railway track has since been removed. The Rail Bridge is historically and architecturally significant to the State of ... more	B1525	State
Stony Creek Rail Trestle Bridge NOWA NOWA VIC 3887 - Property No B3484	The Stony Creek Rail Bridge on the Orbost-Bairnsdale Line, east of Nowa Nowa, was constructed by the Victorian Railways in 1916. It is a dramatic 27 span, 276 metre long, 18.6 metre high timber trestle bridge, supporting a single railway track over Stony Creek. The bridge is no longer in use due to damage caused by a bushfire in 1980. Stony Creek Bridge is in dilapidated condition and the East Gippsland Rail Trail runs below. The Stony Creek Rail Bridge, Nowa Nowa is ... more	B3484	State
Railway Trestle Bridge (over) Hanford's Creek, PYALONG VIC 3521 - Property No B3053	The Rail Bridge was constructed for the Victorian Railways in 1890 by McDermott & Sons along the Wandong-Bendigo line, south of Pyalong. It is a timber trestle structure, comprising 19 freestanding trestles set at 20 feet (6 metre) centres, combining double pile and stay pile piers, originally supporting a single track. The line was closed in 1968 and the bridge is currently fenced off. Thebridge is historically and architecturally significant to the State of ... more	B3053	State
Timber Trestle Bridge Over Yackandandah Creek Dederang Road,, YACKANDANDAH VIC 3749 - Property No B4134	A timber bridge on stone piers dating originally from 1860 and strengthened and repaired in the 1920's and 1960's. Classified: 13/10/1977 Demolished 1982.	B4134	Demolished