When the original bridge across Dirt Hole Creek on the Errowanbang Road was built, the construction of the bridge itself would have involved teams of men, probably a few bullocks and the cutting down of numerous trees.
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It’s modern day replacement though has been shipped on site from a factory in Tasmania and was lowered into place in one day.
The Dirt Hole Creek bridge is the second of six bridge replacements being undertaken as part of the council’s $2.4 million Bridge Renewal project.
Blayney mayor Scott Ferguson is pleased to see that the project is progressing ahead of time and on budget.
“This new bridge is more than twice as wide, longer and higher than the previous version and its prestressed concrete construction will allow heavy vehicle use, and be relatively maintenance free, for the next one hundred years,” he said.
The bridge itself is expected to be completed by the end of August and after curing and testing will be open to traffic by the end of September.
Mark Logan
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
