Hillas Creek Bridge - 1938 - NSW. Australia.
S 35° 10.665 E 147° 52.405
55H E 579529 N 6106895
Opened on 23rd December 1938 as part of the Tumblong - Tarcutta deviation, it carried Hume Highway traffic until 1986, and has become widely known as The Little Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Waymark Code: WMAGH8
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 01/12/2011
Views: 20
The bridge now stands in a field about 100m off to the side of the highway as it was by-passed in 1983 with the opening of dual carriageways which cross upstream of the bridge. Access is available to walk to the bridge.
The date marker is a heavy bronze plaque embedded in the concrete side of the bridge, and reads DMR 1938. DMR stands for Department of Main Roads.
The bridge is rare both on a local and a State level, being one of only two reinforced concrete bowstring arch bridges to be built in New South Wales.
Parking: S 35° 10.720 E 147° 52.330
Date built or dedicated as indicated on the date stone or plaque.: 1938
Road, body of water, land feature, etc. that the bridge spans.: Hume Highway
Website (if available): [Web Link]
Parking (safe parking location): N 35° 10.720 W 147° 52.330
Date stone, plaque location.: Not listed
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