The bridge was built in 1909 as part of the extension of the railway from Gulgong to Dunedoo. The construction of the bridge was reported to be the main challenge for the contractors building the extension.[3] Numerous difficulties were experienced sinking the bridge cylinders "through the drift sand to a very hard and uneven basalt at the bottom of the creek", and progress was slow, but it was completed by December 1909.[4] The Dunedoo extension was formally opened in December 1910.[5]
Description
The bridge carried a single-track 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge railway on an open deck (with transomes). It spans were 4.3 metres (14 ft), 7.3 metres (24 ft), three at 12.2 metres (40 ft), 7.3 metres (24 ft) and 4.3 metres (14 ft). The four shorter approach spans were timber girders. The three 12.2 metres (40 ft) spans were timber trusses of the Howe-type with timber compression diagonals, vertical tension rods and six bays. The piers were timber on concrete bases; at least some of the piers were sheeted.[2]
^"THE DUNEDOO RAILWAY". Evening News. No. 13, 166. New South Wales, Australia. 20 August 1909. p. 10. Retrieved 21 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^"BREVITIES". Evening News. No. 13, 563. New South Wales, Australia. 28 November 1910. p. 1. Retrieved 21 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.