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TIMBER TRESTLE ROAD BRIDGE, CHAPEL LA
CHAPEL LANE NUTFIELD, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

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Timber Trestle Road Bridge Chapel Lane Colour 1 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992
Timber Trestle Road Bridge Chapel Lane Colour 1 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992
Timber Trestle Road Bridge Chapel Lane Colour 1 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992
Timber Trestle Road Bridge Chapel Lane Colour 2 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992
34 - Timber Trestle Road Bridge Chapel Lane - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992
34 - Timber Trestle Road Bridge Chapel Lane_02 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992
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Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010

What is significant?
The entire late 19th/early 20th century one lane timber road trestle bridge and the site to a radius of 30 metres.

How is it significant?
The bridge is historically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

Why is it significant?
The bridge is historically significant as a good example of the large timber trestle road bridges constructed in Victoria during the late 19th/early 20th centuries and because this type of bridge is now rare within the Shire (Criteria B & D).

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