- Darebin Creek Bridge
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Darebin Creek Bridge is a bluestone masonry arch & concrete road bridge on Heidelberg road Alphington over Darebin Creek.[1] It was built for Heidelberg Road Trust[2] to a design of John C Climie CE and constructed by contractor O. H. Willison in 1864, to replace an earlier 1852 timber bridge which had fallen into a poor state of repair. The bridge was made possible as a result of funds obtained from a toll gate, established on the east side of the Darebin Creek by the Heidelberg Road Trust. The toll keeper was Henry Holloway, and the charges included one farthing for every pig that crossed the bridge and up to eighteen pence for a carriage with four horses.[3]
It was subsequently widened by the Country Roads Board (CRB) in 1937-8 probably to a design of W.A. (Allan) Ozanne.[4] the bridge is one of the largest stone arch bridges in Victoria and among the oldest surviving bridges in Melbourne.[5]
References
- ^ Darebin Historical Encyclopedia - [1] viewed 7/11/2008
- ^ Max Lay, Melbourne Miles, the Story of Melbourne's Roads Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, 2000. pp.112. 117.
- ^ Darebin Historical Encyclopedia - [2] viewed 7/11/2008
- ^ Country Roads Board Annual Report 1938 p.33
- ^ National Trust Masonry Bridges Study Gary Vines, 2010, National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
- Lemon, Andrew. Northcote Side of the River. North Melbourne (Vic): Hargreen, 1983.
Coordinates: 37°46′44″S 145°02′08″E / 37.778879°S 145.035594°E
Categories:- Road bridges in Australia
- Arch bridges
- Bridges in Victoria (Australia)
- Bridges in Melbourne
- Bridges completed in 1864
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