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OVER COMMISSIONERS CREEK, ISAACS AVENUE YACKANDANDAH, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H1428The Bridge over Commissioner's Creek is a single arched bridge which was constructed c. 1857. The entire bridge is constructed of rusticated granite dimension stones. The capping stones are…
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JANEVALE BRIDGE OVER THE LODDON RIVER
TARNAGULLA LAANECOORIE ROAD LAANECOORIE, LODDON SHIRE
VHR H1986The first Janevale Bridge, a large timber structure over the Loddon River at Laanecoorie, was built in the 1870s to connect the Mining District of Tarnagulla with Bendigo. It was one of…
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OVER MOORABOOL RIVER, MIDLAND HIGHWAY BATESFORD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H1115The bridge at Batesford, which was built in 1859, is the third bridge to be built on that site. It is constructed of local bluestone and crosses the Moorabool River in five segmentally arched…
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OVER BARWON RIVER, BARWON HEADS-OCEAN GROVE ROAD BARWON HEADS AND OCEAN GROVE, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H1848The Barwon Heads bridge is an exceptionally long timber beam road bridge of 34 spans built over the Barwon River estuary at Barwon Heads in 1927. Despite recent modifications such as the…
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MURRAY ROAD COBURG, MERRI-BEK CITY
VHR H1198The Merri Creek Bridge was built by Pentridge Prison labour for the Coburg District Road Board. It was commissioned in 1870 and completed in 1871. Bluestone for the large single span bridge…
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CHANDLER HIGHWAY ALPHINGTON AND CHANDLER HIGHWAY KEW, YARRA CITY, BOROONDARA CITY
VHR H2354Chandler Highway Bridge is located on Wurundjeri Country. The Chandler Highway Bridge, a 137 metre wrought iron lattice-truss girder bridge with four spans supported on red…
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GENOA RIVER BRIDGE TIMBER TRUSS AND CONCRETE BRIDGE
OVER GENOA RIVER, OLD PRINCES HIGHWAY GENOA, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H1214Please note, this place was impacted by the 2019/20 bushfires. The 100 metre long timber truss and concrete bridge over the Genoa River at Genoa is a parallel girder truss bridge with…
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OVER BROKEN RIVER, BRIDGE STREET BENALLA, BENALLA RURAL CITY
VHR H1043The concrete girder bridge over Broken River, Benalla was designed by John (later Sir John) Monash, with assistance from shire engineer, Samuel Jeffrey, and built in 1909-10 by the Reinforced…
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OVER HOPKINS RIVER, HOPKINS HIGHWAY ELLERSLIE, MOYNE SHIRE
VHR H1029The Ellerslie Bridge is a large disused timber and masonry bridge over the Hopkins River beside the Hopkins Highway at Ellerslie. It was built in 1867 at the crossing place then known as…
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CHURCHILL ISLAND, BASS COAST SHIRE
VHR H1614 H7921-0002Churchill Island, Westernport Bay off Phillip Island, includes the entire island and linking timber bridge, with all buildings and objects located on it. The island was first 'settled' by…
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OVER GUNBOWER CREEK, ISLAND ROAD KOONDROOK, GANNAWARRA SHIRE
VHR H1799The timber bridge connecting the township of Koondrook to Gunbower Island across the ana branch of the Murray River known as Gunbower Creek was built in 1906. The bridge features an unusual…
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ROAD OVER RAIL BRIDGE (MURRAY VALLEY RAILWAY, MELBOURNE TO ECHUCA)
RAILWAY ROAD ELPHINSTONE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1781The Railway Road bridge forms part of the Murray Valley Railway (Melbourne to Echuca line). Opened in five stages from February 1859 to September 1864, the Murray Valley Railway was the…
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OVER BET BET CREEK, DUNOLLY-EDDINGTON ROAD, DUNOLLY, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE & LODDON SHIRE
VHR H1850DEMOLISHED IN 2003 UNDER PERMIT P7595 Built in 1946, Dann's Bridge is a large all-timber simple-beam road bridge on the Dunolly-Eddington Road crossing of the Bet Bet Creek tongue of…
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PYRENEES HIGHWAY BUNG BONG, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE, PYRENEES SHIRE
VHR H1846The old Glenmona Bridge is situated beside the modern bridge at the Bet Bet Creek crossing of the Pyrenees Highway at the site of the old Bung Bong township. It is a continuous wrought-iron…
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OVER MYRTLE CREEK, DON ROAD DON VALLEY, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
VHR H1855Myrtle Creek Bridge, originally constructed to Country Roads Board approved plans, is a three-span timber-beam road bridge on the Don Road crossing of the Myrtle Creek, 8 kilometres north of…
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OVER LITTLE WOADY YALLOCK RIVER, ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD WERNETH AND ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD ROKEWOOD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
VHR H1847McMillans Bridge is situated on the Little Woady Yalloack River crossing of the Rokewood-Skipton Road 6 kilometres west of Rokewood. It was originally built in 1856 by the Central Road Board…
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OVER SNOWY RIVER, MCKILLOPS ROAD DEDDICK VALLEY AND MCKILLOPS ROAD WULGULMERANG EAST, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H1849McKillops Bridge is a road and live-stock bridge situated on the Bonang-Gelantipy Road across the Snowy River. It consists of welded-steel trusses seated on tall one-piece…
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OVER YALLOCK CREEK, KOO-WEE-RUP-LONGWARRY ROAD BAYLES, CARDINIA SHIRE
VHR H1852The ‘twin’ timber-and-steel bridges popularly known as Bayles Bridge, built in 1950, consists of two adjacent bridges over Yallock Creek and No.4 Yallock Drain, on the Koo-Wee-Rup to…
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OVER CRAWFORD RIVER, PORTLAND-CASTERTON ROAD HOTSPUR, GLENELG SHIRE
VHR H1845The old Hotspur Bridge, built in 1870, is a disused bridge on the Crawford River crossing of the Portland-Casterton Road at Hotspur township. It is a low single-span wrought-iron…
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OVER COBUNGRA RIVER, OMEO HIGHWAY ANGLERS REST, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H1854The Cobungra River Bridge, situated adjacent to the Blue Duck Inn at the Anglers Rest on the Omeo Highway, is a three-span timber-beam road bridge of standard 1930 CRB design. The bridge was…
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OVER BURCHETT CREEK, OFF HAMILTON HIGHWAY CARAMUT, MOYNE SHIRE
VHR H1856Burchett Creek Bridge is situated beside the modern Hamilton Highway on the old Caramut-Hexham Road crossing of Burchett Creek immediately east of Caramut township. Although not possible to…
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OVER CAMPASPE RIVER, BENDIGO-MURCHISON ROAD GOORNONG AND RUNNYMEDE, GREATER BENDIGO CITY, CAMPASPE SHIRE
VHR H1853Fergusons Bridge is a four-span composite timber and steel road bridge with graceful curving timber deck, situated on the Bendigo-Murchison Road over the Campaspe River, approximately…
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KIRWANS BRIDGE-LONGWOOD ROAD AND OVER GOULBURN RIVER, KIRWANS BRIDGE ROAD AND MACLEOD STREET KIRWANS BRIDGE, STRATHBOGIE SHIRE
VHR H1886The 310 metres long Kirwans Bridge is situated over the Goulburn River at Bailieston near Nagambie. It was opened in 1890, and is still in use for (one-way) motor traffic. The only…
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OLD HUME HIGHWAY SEYMOUR, MITCHELL SHIRE
VHR H0092The Old Goulburn River Bridge is a composite timber trestle and metal road bridge on the Old Hume Highway at Seymour. The bridge has 7-pile timber piers and nine spans with a maximum span…
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MACEDON STREET SUNBURY, HUME CITY
VHR H1694The road over rail bridge, Riddell Road, Sunbury, was constructed in 1861 on the Melbourne-Bendigo line by the Victorian Railways. It is a single span, depressed arch basalt bridge with…
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