Local Government
Swan
Region
Metropolitan
Gt Northern Hwy Upper Swan
Municipal Inventory No: 682 H.6 at SLKm 12.34 Map 2, UG4
MRWA 672
Swan
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1950 to 1959
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHP - Does not warrant assessment | Current | 22 Feb 2019 |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | ||||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 30 Aug 2017 | Category 4 | |
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 29 Jul 1998 | Some Significance | |
| Statewide Lge Timber Str Survey | Completed | 11 Dec 1998 | ||
The place has served as a crossing site for more than 150 years.
Timber bridge of considerable height over the waterway (Swan River). The bridge also crosses an area of flood plain on either side of the waterway. Piles consist of jarrah tree trunks. Roadway rests on beams also of whole tree trunks. There are also jarrah transverse members and struts. It has been found necessary to encase the lower parts of some piles both in the waterway and above it in galvanised steel cylindrical sections infilled with concrete. Some sawn-off piles of earlier bridges stand in the water west of the existing bridge.
The bridge stands on or adjacent to the site of the original Upper Swan road bridge constructed in 1851 with the use of convict labour. This was the first item of public works completed with transported convict labour other than building accommodation for the convicts themselves. The existing bridge is one of several successive replacements for the original bridge. The sawn off piles of earlier bridges still remain in the waterway just south of the existing bridge.
Fair
Good
| Ref Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 369 | Local Government Inventory 2019 |
Other Built Type
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | Transport\Communications | Road: Bridge |
| Original Use | Transport\Communications | Road: Bridge |
| Style |
|---|
| Other Style |
| Type | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Other | TIMBER | Other Timber |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Road transport |
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