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Ideraway Creek Historic Railway Bridge

Point of Interest

Contact

Cadell St, Ideraway, Queensland.

apps.des.qld.gov.au/heritage-register/detail/?id=600519

Description

The Ideraway Creek bridge is one of the most unusual bridges in Australia. It demonstrates the economic re-use of part of the erection truss used to build the Burdekin River bridge at Macrossan between Townsville and Charters Towers opened in 1899. The complete truss was 250 foot long whereas the Ideraway Creek bridge uses only 150 foot of the span. The pinned construction and multiple members of the truss were originally designed for rapid assembley and disassembley. This bridge is sometimes known as an upside bridge because the support structure is underneath the railway deck. Most railway bridges have their support structure above. No camping or overnight parking.