Prince Alfred Bridge

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Prince Alfred Bridge is a historic 19th-century timber road and rail bridge in Gundagai, New South Wales, once one of Australia’s longest timber viaducts and a prominent local heritage landmark.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf heritage-listed bridge ⓘ
railway bridge ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
timber truss bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Prince Alfred Timber Viaduct ⓘ
associatedWithEvent development of overland transport between Sydney and Melbourne in the 19th century ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Murrumbidgee River ⓘ
carries Old Hume Highway alignment (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Hume Highway
condition partly deteriorated ⓘ
constructionMaterial timber ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1864 ⓘ
crosses Murrumbidgee River floodplain ⓘ
designedBy New South Wales Department of Public Works ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
hasComponent iron truss span ⓘ
timber viaduct ⓘ
hasHeritageValue aesthetic ⓘ
historical ⓘ
social ⓘ
technical ⓘ
hasSpanType iron truss main span ⓘ
hasStructureType timber trestle viaduct ⓘ
heritageListingDate 1999 ⓘ
heritageRegisterNumber 00121 (NSW State Heritage Register) ⓘ
heritageStatus listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register ⓘ
length over 800 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Australia ⓘ
Gundagai, New South Wales ⓘ
linked to: Gundagai

New South Wales ⓘ
namedAfter Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh ⓘ
opened 1866 ⓘ
ownership Transport for NSW ⓘ
railTrafficClosed 1984 ⓘ
replacedBy modern concrete bridge over the Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai ⓘ
roadTrafficClosed 1984 ⓘ
significance important example of 19th-century timber bridge engineering in Australia ⓘ
prominent local landmark of Gundagai ⓘ
usedFor rail traffic ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ
wasOneOf longest timber viaducts in Australia ⓘ

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Gundagai → hasHeritageStructure → Prince Alfred Bridge ⓘ