Belmore Bridge/Hunter River - 1964 - Maitland, NSW, Australia - Bridge Date Stones and Plaques on Waymarking.com

While the 'Department of Main Roads' (NSW) has had a couple of name changes since this bridge was built, it is currently maintained by Services NSW. There are two plaques on the bridge, which have on them:

"DMR
1964"

A second Dated plaque is embedded at the eastern end of the two-lane bridge, on the northern side of it, on a similar concrete pillar. At: S32° 43.754' E151° 33.325'.

The bridge replaced an earlier 'Belmore Bridge', with a different alignment, that was built in 1869. That was directly affected by the very severe flood of 1955, when the Hunter River put a lot of 'downtown Maitland' metres under flood water.

This is a reinforced concrete deck, atop deep steel "I"-beams, making a multi-span bridge. Particularly on the eastern end the bridge is raised over the sloping flood 'plain', until it gets to the rivers edge.

At the western end, on the northern side, beside the footpath over the bridge, is another brass plaque for the Opening of the Bridge in April, 1964, by the Minister for Highways - Patrick D Hills (1917 - 1992). [ Patrick Hills ]

The Opening plaque reads:

   This Bridge was Opened
	     by
The Hon. P.D. Hills, MLA
    Minister for Local Government
      and Minister for Highways
      4th  April  1964

Parking is probably best at the eastern end of the bridge. (At the coordinates on the page)

Visited: 1127, Sunday, 22 January, 2016

Date built or dedicated as indicated on the date stone or plaque.: 4th April 1964 Date stone, plaque location.: Western end of the bridge, southern side, concrete pillar Road, body of water, land feature, etc. that the bridge spans.: Hunter River Website (if available): [Web Link] Parking (safe parking location): S 32° 43.758 E 151° 33.330

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