Global InformationPrince Alfred Bridge information
Prince Alfred Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Wooden viaduct, looking south, in October 2019 | |
| Coordinates | 35°04′28″S 148°06′25″E / 35.0744°S 148.1069°E |
| Crosses | Murrumbidgee River |
| Locale | Middleton Drive, Gundagai, Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia |
| Owner | Transport for NSW (iron bridge) Crown Lands (timber viaduct) |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Warren truss |
| Material | Wrought iron |
| Trough construction | Timber beam approaches |
| Pier construction | Cast iron cylindrical |
| Total length | 922 metres (3,025 ft) |
| Width | 6 metres (21 ft) |
| Longest span | 3 x 31 metres (103 ft) |
| No. of spans | 4 |
| Piers in water | 2 |
| Clearance below | 12 metres (40 ft) |
| History | |
| Architect | William Christopher Bennett |
| Constructed by | Francis Bell[1] |
| Built | 1864–1867 |
| Opened | 17 October 1867 (Toll levied)[2] |
| Closed | 1984 (Timber viaduct closed to road and pedestrian traffic), Iron bridge still in use. |
| Replaced by | Sheahan Bridge (1977) |
| Statistics | |
New South Wales Heritage Register | |
| Official name | Prince Alfred Bridge - Iron Road Bridge; Iron Bridge over Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai |
| Type | State heritage (built) |
| Designated | 5 July 2019 |
| Reference no. | 2022 |
| Type | Road Bridge |
| Category | Transport – Land |
| Builders | Francis Bell |
| Location | |
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The Prince Alfred Bridge is a wrought iron truss and timber beam partially-disused road bridge over the Murrumbidgee River and its floodplain at Middleton Drive, Gundagai, Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia.[3] The heritage-listed road bridge was designed by William Christopher Bennett and built from 1864 to 1867 by Francis Bell. It is also known as Prince Alfred Bridge – Iron Road Bridge and Iron Bridge over Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai. The iron bridge is owned by Transport for NSW and the timber viaduct is owned by Crown Lands.[4] The bridge was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 5 July 2019[5] and on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate on 21 March 1978.[6]
In 1977, the 1,143-metre-long (3,750 ft) Sheahan Bridge replaced the Prince Alfred Bridge as the Hume Highway crossing of the Murrumbidgee River.[7] The Sheahan Bridge was duplicated in 2010.[8] Since the opening of the Sheahan Bridge, the Prince Alfred Bridge has served local traffic only. The timber spans on the Prince Alfred Bridge have deteriorated to such an extent that the 1896 side ramp has had to be reinstated, so that most of the northern approach is disused, and has deteriorated to the point where it is closed to vehicular traffic and pedestrians. The portion that remains in use consists of the wrought iron truss spans and a small number of timber spans at each end,
- ^ "Country Works". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. L, no. 8283. 21 December 1864. p. 8 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. LVI, no. 9150. 18 September 1867. p. 5 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Prince Alfred Bridge over Murrumbidgee River". Heritage and conservation register. Roads & Traffic Authority. 2004.
- ^ "Work on Prince Alfred Bridge at Gundagai – Crown land in New South Wales". NSW Department of Industry. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Prince Alfred Bridge - Iron Road Bridge". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H02022. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
AHD2008 Prince Alfred Bridgewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ New South Wales. Dept. of Main Roads (1977), Sheahan Bridge over the Murrumbidgee River on the Hume Highway at Gundagai : official opening by The Hon. N.K. Wran, Q.C., M.L.A., Premier of New South Wales, at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, 25th March, 1977, N.S.W. Dept. of Main Roads
- ^ "Sheahan Bridge". Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Nation Building program. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
