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Queens Bridge over Yarra River
Queensbridge Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B2239 |
Queen's Bridge replaced an earlier timber footbridge erected in 1861, known as Falls Bridge. The present structure, named after Queen Victoria and designed by Mr Rampart, opened in 1889. Checci and Catani of the Public Works Department prepared the detail designs and the bridge was constructed by David Munro, who also erected Princes Bridge and was a prominent contractor and speculator during the boom period. Queen's Bridge is one of Melbourne's oldest bridges. It spans the river ... more |
B2239 |
State |
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Saltwater River Bridge
Maribyrnong River,, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 - Property No B5745 |
The 1859 abutments are a fine example of design after the style of I.K. Brunel, and of stonemansons' skill. The design solution to a huge engineering challenge in the 1850s is worthy of noting. The existing rivetted steel truss is a fine example of the technology of the period. Classified: 23/06/1986 |
B5745 |
State |
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Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road Bridge over the Yarra River
Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road,, WOORI YALLOCK VIC 3139 - Property No B7072 |
The Woori Yallock Bridge over the Yarra River was constructed by the Country Roads Board in 1926, as the main bridge of a series of four crossing the river and floodplain. It was funded under the Commonwealth Developmental roads programme, to open up the area for agricultural development. The Woori Yallock Bridge was designed by T.H. Upton and D.V. Darwin. Now altered, Woori Yallock Bridge is a through-type timber Allen truss bridge supported on concrete piers, with round log ... more |
B7072 |
Regional |
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Campaspe River,, ROCHESTER VIC 3561 - Property No B5746 |
Classified: 23/06/1986 |
B5746 |
Regional |
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Maroondah Highway, MAINDAMPLE VIC 3723 - Property No B3989 |
B3989 |
File only | |
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McKillops Road,, DEDDICK VALLEY VIC 3888 - Property No B6848 |
Completed in 1936 to replace its predecessor destroyed by a freak flood before it could be officially opened, McKillops Bridge is significant at State level for historical, scientific, social and aesthetic reasons. In the 1930s it was regarded as one of the standing wonders of Australian road-bridge engineering. The bridge site is in a magnificent Alpine river-gorge setting. McKillops Bridge is based on welded-steel trusses seated on tall one-piece reinforced-concrete piers. ... more |
B6848 |
State |
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Anglesea Road, former junction with Princes Highway,, WAURN PONDS VIC 3221 - Property No B2643 |
Representative stone bridge. Notable for carved key-stone depicting arms of Shire of Barrabool. Classified: 18/03/1971 Revised: 03/08/1998 |
B2643 |
State |
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Newtown Bridge - Beechworth Historic Area
Newtown Falls Bridge
Bridge Road,, BEECHWORTH VIC 3747 - Property No B2206 |
Splendid siting and proportions, excellence of detail, and severity of expression, with special reference to fine stone masonry. Classified: 12/11/1970 Historic Area. Statement of Significance: Beechworth is a picturesque nineteenth Century provincial town. It is a well preserved example of Government and private building, which resulted from the town's important historical role as the administrative and commercial centre of Victoria's north-eastern goldfields. Beechworth ... more |
B2206 |
State |
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Cobram Bridge over Murray River
Barooga Road Bridge
Barooga Road,, COBRAM VIC 3644 - Property No B6942 |
Built in 1902, the Murray River lift-span bridge near Cobram is historically, scientifically, socially and aesthetically significant at State level. It is a large twelve-span bridge of timber, steel, iron and concrete, and features a steel lift-span on an iron and concrete substructure, with two large De Burgh composite timber-steel truss spans (modelled on the American Pratt pattern) one on each side of the steel lift span. The De Burgh (Pratt) composite timber-steel ... more |
B6942 |
State |
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Warrnambool/Caramut Road,, WOOLSTHORPE VIC 3276 - Property No B0788 |
Dating from 1856 it is believed to be one of the earliest surviving Bluestone bridges. Bypassed. Classified: 'Local' 11/03/1971 Revised: 03/08/1998 |
B0788 |
State |
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