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Isis Highway & Bundaberg-Gin Gin Road (State Route 3) - Former Alignment: North Bundaberg to Bundaberg |
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This page covers the former highway alignment over Burnett River between North Bundaberg to Bundaberg.
The route features the Burnett Bridge (also known as Burnett River Traffic Bridge) joins Quay Street, Bundaberg with Perry Street, North Bundaberg, across the Burnett River. It is 412 metres in length and has eight 51.9 long spans with cylindrical piers and concrete abutments. The bridge carries a 7.3 metres roadway and a footpath. The road is on transverse metal troughing spanning between the lower chords of hog-back lattice trusses.
The bridge is a metal truss bridge and a major example of the work of Alfred Barton Brady who, during 37 years of work for several departments of the Queensland government, made a major contribution to the development of the state in both architecture and engineering design.
When it was opened the Burnett Bridge was the fifth longest metal truss bridge in Australia. It was completed at a time when funds for local authorities were scarce because of priority given by the government to developmental railways. Half the cost was met by endowment; the other half was advanced to the local authorities as a loan repayable in forty years.
Originally the two sides of the river was linked via ferry, but it was replaced with a timber bridge before the current bridge was built.
History:
1 Transport
and Main Roads, Queensland state-controlled roads and region maps, Wide Bay/Burnett Region: front
2 Queensland Government, Environment
and Resource Management, Cultural Heritage, Burnett Bridge
Last updated: 17-Dec-2019 0:55
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