Gallery of log for Bridges to nowhere

14-Mar-15
A historic trestle bridge near Pyalong. Found this bridge when we came here to do a GC cache and have copied the bridge information from the description of that cache.

The Rail Bridge over Mollison's Creek was constructed for the Victorian Railways in 1889 by McDermott & Sons along the Wandong-Bendigo line. The line was closed in 1968. The Rail Bridge and line were used to supply the Bendigo mines with shaft timbers. The line was also very important for local produce, being used in the transportation of wool and sheep. It is a 26-span, timber trestle bridge, which had a timber deck that carried a single track over Mollison's Creek. The bridge is architecturally significant as a representative and substantially intact example of a timber trestle bridge using stay piles and timber longitudinal girders supporting a timber rail deck. It is a notable example of a timber trestle bridge construction, which demonstrates a distinctive and presently rarely used construction method that utilises the best qualities of native bush timbers.
Info from Victorian Heritage Register: http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/vhd/heritagevic#detail_places;963
Rated: for Overall Experience.