GUILDFORD ROAD BRIDGE

MIDLAND HIGHWAY, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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Guildford Roadbridge

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    GUILDFORD ROAD BRIDGE - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: Original bridge on site nearby built in 1856. The bridge dates from 1887 (date carved in stone on abutments), although the deck and piers were replaced c.1940. What are assumed to be the original piers can still be seen in the river bed below the bridge.
    

    Interpretation of Site

    GUILDFORD ROAD BRIDGE - Interpretation of Site

    Heritage Inventory Interpretation: Road bridge

    Heritage Inventory Description

    GUILDFORD ROAD BRIDGE - Heritage Inventory Description

    Timber and steel road bridge over Loddon River at Guildford. Has sone abutments made of cut and dressed stone. There is a small stone wall at the base of approaches on the southern side (approx 70m long).

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Significant in that it is a feature along the goldfields route of the Midland Hwy, in between Guildford and Castlemaine. The original 1856 bridge (probably on same spot or nearby) would have been one of the earliest bridges in the region, thus showing continuity of function.

    Informants: Frank Passalaqua - local resident./nRecorded by: Claire Everett (du Cros). Date Recorded: 27 January 1998 Heritage Inventory Site Features: Stone abutments of bridge and remains of original piers in river bed.

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