WheremEye

Tocumwal 1987

I think it might be the railbridge Tocumwal victoria side but l am to slow

Well done guys. Can't believe we used to drive across these old structures.
Best way across the river at the time. Couple of other shots same day.
Another member might like to take a turn. Paul.

Try the Insert

The original hume road/rail bridge at Tocumwal

Werk, Wrong highway mate.. That Bridge is on the Newell Highway..

Mairjimmy, 1969. the HK would've been fairly new(ish)

hayseed wrote:
Mairjimmy, 1969. the HK would've been fairly new(ish)

Maybe 12 months, they were working on the bridge and the surface was bare boards on the NSW end

I knew it was the Newell... NFI why I typed Hume :blink:

Two more which I would have got. The giveaway for Cobram was the fence; the bridge was retained for pedestrians & cyclists when the new one was built.
Tocumwal had an interesting history. It was built as a road bridge, then was strengthened 10-20 years later bring Victorian railway into Tocumwal.
Then it became rail only when the new road bridge was built.
The span was raised for the centenary of the bridge (~1994?), and three paddlesteamers which had come from Echuca for the event posed under it.

Roderick

Roderick Smith wrote: Tocumwal had an interesting history. It was built as a road bridge, then was strengthened 10-20 years later bring Victorian railway into Tocumwal.
Then it became rail only when the new road bridge was built.
The span was raised for the centenary of the bridge (~1994?), and three paddlesteamers which had come from Echuca for the event posed under it.

Roderick

Roderick l think a photo of the bridge with the span raised and paddlesteamers under it was posted on here a few moons ago