OUR HERITAGE AT RISK - SOUTH AUSTRALIA - 2007

Place:    Currency Creek Road Bridge

Threat:  Destruction and Complete Loss of Heritage Values

Photo by A Presgrave

Significance: 

The Currency Creek Bridge represents the first ever use of a vertical laminated timber arch construction, a method that is not known to have been used anywhere else in the world.

Description of Threat: 

The Bridge is in a fragile state and is fenced off.  Railings are collapsing and the decking is unsafe.  The only reason the bridge has not yet collapsed is due to the non-original steel beams added c.1950.

Action Required: 

Restoration and Interpretation as an example of a now rare type of bridge construction.