Dunmore Bridge Paterson River, Woodville, NSW, Australia - Vertical Lift Bridges on Waymarking.com

Extract taken from website (http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=heritage.show&id=4301091):

'Dunmore Bridge is an overhead braced Allan type timber truss road bridge. It has three timber truss spans, each of 34.2m (113ft), 34.4m (113ft), and 33.8m (111ft). It has an internal steel truss lift span of 17.8m (58ft). There is a single approach span at each end giving the bridge an overall length of 130.5m (428ft). The bridge has a height restriction of 4.6m because of the overhead bracing between the tops of the trusses.

The main spans of the superstructure are supported by twin cast iron cylinder piers. The bridge provides a single lane carriage way with a minimum width of 4.3m and a footpath. An Armco guardrail protects vehicular traffic, and a timber post and rail fence is provided on the footpath. The lifting mechanism is no longer in service following the removal of the lifting ropes and counter weights.'


I regularly drive over this bridge travelling between my home and Maitland.

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Date Logged Log   04/08/2016 Grahame Cookie visited it