Abandoned Bridge, Old Princes Highway, Falls Creek, NSW
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Tuena
S 34° 58.212 E 150° 35.485
56H E 280111 N 6127611
The original vehicular bridge over Currumbene Creek has fallen into disrepair.
Waymark Code: WMHQ7E
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 08/03/2013
Views: 15
This wooden trestle bridge once carried traffic over Currumbene Creek on what was then the Princes Highway. The majority of vehicular bridges in the early development of transport in Australia were constructed from local hardwood & in this area, spotted gum was the most common type utilised. The highway then was only two lanes & the bridge one lane so the need to give way slowed traffic.
A pre-stressed concrete bridge now carrying four lanes of highway traffic was built to the east in 1975 & the old bridge abandoned with the old highway converted into a local road.
The bridge is a photographic study now with Currumbene Creek a popular place to rock hop & view the falls.
Original Use: Vehicle - Car / Truck
Date Built: 1/1/1883
Construction: Wood
Condition: Collapsed / Destroyed
See this website for more information: [Web Link]
Date Abandoned: 1/1/1975
Bridge Status - Orphaned or Adopted.: Orphaned
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