General Information
| Completion: | 1905 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Arch bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete bridge |
Location
| Location: |
North Richmond, City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Address: | Kurrajong Road |
| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 33° 35' 5.78" S 150° 43' 27.13" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 215 m | |
| number of spans | 13 | |
| standard span lengths | 16.5 m |
Materials
| arches |
reinforced concrete
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Chronology
| ca. 1860 | Timber structure at eastern end of Bell's Line of Road across the Blue Mountains. |
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| 1905 | Present structure completed as relacement for above. |
| 1926 | Deck widened to add single-track railway westwards to Kurrajong. |
| 1952 | Railway removed: bridge thereafter road only. |
Notes
With a total length of 215 metres, the bridge was the longest concrete structure in Australia for ten years after its completion.
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20029846 - Published on:
09/08/2007 - Last updated on:
26/06/2019
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