Talk:Murrumbidgee River Rail Bridge (Wagga Wagga)

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[edit] viaduct length record

longest timber viaduct? surely Gundagai lays claim to that? The timber approach spans are among the longest such timber structures in New South Wales.[1]--Arktos ^talk 10:24, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Maybe I misunderstood on what it said? The bridge originally had an extensive series of timber girder approaches, chiefly on the northern side and now replaced. Collectively they form perhaps the largest timber viaduct ever constructed in Australia. (Source: Australian Heritage Database). I love to know if it's fact or not. -- Robertmyers 10:42, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

More research needed obviously to reconcile the conflicting sources :-)--Arktos ^talk 19:49, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I got a book today called Viaducts On Australian Railways by William A. Bayley. It has two pages about the Murrumbidgee and here is a quote "Upstream from Wagga Wagga the Murrumbidgee River was later crossed at Gundagai when the line was extended thence subsequently to Tumut." Going by the book the viaduct at Wagga Wagga was completed in 1879 and was tested and opened in 1880 (A temporary bridge was constructed downstream of the site were the bridge is today) and the total length in the book says 9398 feet (2.8645104 km) Can you email me and I'll scan the 2 pages to you. -- Robertmyers 11:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page move

I think the page move was wrong. There is a rail bridge over the Murrumbidgee at Gundagai to I suspect - also well known and probably deserving of an article at some stage.--Arktos ^talk 19:53, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I moved it back since there is another rare wrought iron lattice truss in Narrandera with the same name (Doesn't have the name of the Narrandera bridge but proves that there is one). -- Robertmyers 21:17, 23 August 2006 (UTC)