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OLD HUME HIGHWAY AVENEL, STRATHBOGIE SHIRE
VHR H1445The Hughes Creek Bridge on the Hume Highway at Avenel was erected in 1859 by the Board of Land and Works, and replaced a timber bridge erected in 1847. The contractor was Hugh Dalrymple. It…
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WESTERN HIGHWAY (DISUSED SECTION) MELTON WEST AND LONG FOREST, MELTON CITY, MOORABOOL SHIRE
VHR H1658An early surviving bridge distinctive for its single arched design and construction in sandstone. This structure is representative of a number of such single arched bridges constructed in…
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SPRING CREEK, BRIDGE ROAD BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H1424The Newtown Bridge is a single arch granite bridge built c.1875. The bridge spans over Spring Creek at Beechworth and is 24.8 metres long with a kerb to kerb width of 6.3 metres. The arch…
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OVER MERRI CREEK, NEWLANDS ROAD COBURG, MERRI-BEK CITY
VHR H1446The Bridge, over Merri Creek was constructed in 1865 by convict labour from nearby Pentridge Prison. It was built under the administration of William Champ, the third inspector General of…
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OVER MOORABOOL RIVER, HAMILTON HIGHWAY FYANSFORD, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H1108The currently unused road bridge over the Moorabool River at Fyansford was designed and built by Melbourne engineers, Monash & Anderson in 1899. The bridge which was built for the Shires…
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OVER MARIBYRNONG RIVER, MELTON-KEILOR ROAD KEILOR AND KEILOR EAST, BRIMBANK CITY
VHR H1427There is some conjecture as to the origins of the idea for a bridge in this particular location; however it is generally accepted that the Iron Bridge over the Maribyrnong River was…
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QUEENS BRIDGE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H1448Queens Bridge which crosses the Yarra at the southern extension of Market Street, replaced an earlier timber footbridge erected in 1860, known as Falls Bridge. The present structure, named…
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OVER YARRA RIVER, SWANSTON STREET AND ST KILDA ROAD MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H1447Princes Bridge was designed by Jenkins, D'Ebro and Grainger and constructed in 1886-88 by David Munro. The bridge, completed in 1888, was the third bridge across the Yarra at that location.…
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OVER GOULBURN RIVER, NAGAMBIE-HEATHCOTE ROAD NAGAMBIE, STRATHBOGIE SHIRE
VHR H1449Chinamans Bridge is an extensive timber bridge which spans the Goulburn River 2.7 kilometres west of the Goulburn Valley Highway. It is believed to have been constructed in 1891 and…
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OVER MITTA MITTA RIVER, OMEO VALLEY ROAD OMEO VALLEY, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H0917The Hinnomunjie bridge over the Mitta Mitta river is historically significant in being only one of the five known extant timber truss bridges in Victoria and one of only two multiple trusses.…
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HEATHCOTE-KYNETON ROAD REDESDALE AND HEATHCOTE-KYNETON ROAD MIA MIA, GREATER BENDIGO CITY, MITCHELL SHIRE
VHR H1419Redesdale Bridge is located on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country. The Redesdale Bridge (also known as the Mia Mia Bridge), a wrought iron and timber structure with…
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OVER LITTLE RIVER, OLD MELBOURNE ROAD LITTLE RIVER, GREATER GEELONG CITY, WYNDHAM CITY
VHR H1454The Rothwell Bridge over the Little River at Rothwell was erected as a double span segmental arched stone structure in 1866-67 from designs prepared by the Shire of Wyndham Engineer, John…
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SWING BRIDGE DRIVE SALE AND LONGFORD, WELLINGTON SHIRE
VHR H1438The Swing Bridge, located over the Latrobe River approximately 5 km south of Sale on the South Gippsland Highway, was erected in 1880-1883 by Peter Platt, contractor, and designed by John…
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SHELFORD-BANNOCKBURN ROAD SHELFORD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
VHR H1452The Iron Bridge over the Leigh River at Shelford was erected in 1873-74 by the Shire of Leigh, replacing an earlier timber structure of 1851. The structure, which consists of two continuous…
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OVER BIRCH (FORMERLY BULLAROOK) CREEK, NEWSTEAD-CRESWICK ROAD SMEATON, HEPBURN SHIRE
VHR H1425The Bridge over Birch (formerly Bullarook) Creek on the Ballarat to Castlemaine Road is a notable example of a small bluestone bridge. The single span, 50 foot bridge was constructed in 1892…
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OVER YARRA RIVER, ANDERSON STREET SOUTH YARRA, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H1440Morell Bridge over the Yarra River at Anderson Street, South Yarra was constructed in 1899 by the firm of Monash and Anderson using the Monier concrete construction technique. The Monier…
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SUNBURY RAILWAY STATION, 1 BROOK STREET SUNBURY, HUME CITY
VHR H1673The water tower at Sunbury was constructed in 1861 on the Melbourne-Bendigo line by J Bett for the Victorian Railways. It is a standard 20,000-gallon, riveted iron rectangular tank,…
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OVER JACKSONS CREEK, SUNBURY ROAD SUNBURY, HUME CITY
VHR H1426The Bluestone Road Bridge over Jacksons Creek is a double arched bridge with adjoining abutments, constructed of blue stone with Flemish bond block work and ruled joints. The two span bridge…
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OVER THOMSON RIVER, BRUNTONS BRIDGE ROAD WALHALLA, BAW BAW SHIRE
VHR H1450'Brunton's Bridge', old road between Cowwarr and Walhalla, comprises the remains of a timber and iron bridge erected c.1886. The structure was 211 feet long, 21 feet wide and had a maximum…
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OVER MERRI RIVER, WOLLASTON ROAD WARRNAMBOOL, WARRNAMBOOL CITY
VHR H1453Wollaston Bridge at Warrnambool was erected across the Merri River in 1890 to facilitate access to the Wollaston Estate of Sir Walter Manifold. The design and construction of the bridge is…
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OVER WAURN PONDS CREEK, PRINCES HIGHWAY WAURN PONDS, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H1104The bridge over Waurn Ponds Creek, Waurn Ponds was built in 1868 of locally quarried limestone with bluestone detailing. It is a finely detailed small single span segmentally arched structure…
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BRIDGE OVER MOONEE PONDS CREEK
FAWKNER STREET WESTMEADOWS, HUME CITY
VHR H1455The Bridge, over Moonee Ponds Creek was constructed in 1869 by the Broadmeadows District Road Board and cost £1063. It replaced an earlier bridge constructed at this location in 1854.…
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WILLIAMSTOWN RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX
17 HANMER STREET WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY
VHR H1599The Melbourne Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company was formed in 1853 to provide a rail link to port facilities at Williamstown as well as the line north to Echuca, within seven…
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OVER BARWON RIVER, PRINCES HIGHWAY WINCHELSEA, SURF COAST SHIRE
VHR H1456The Barwon River Bridge at Winchelsea was erected in 1867 for the Council of the Shire of Winchelsea, replacing an earlier timber structure of 1849. The three span arch structure was built of…
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OVER YOULS CREEK, CARAMUT-WARRNAMBOOL ROAD WOOLSTHORPE, MOYNE SHIRE
VHR H1457The Youl?s Creek Road Bridge is a small, single-span bluestone bridge built in 1856 to a design by Dilmond John Howes, who was engineer of the Belfast District Roads Board and later the Shire…
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