Dunmore Bridge, heritage-listed road bridge in Woodville, New South Wales, Australia

Dunmore Bridge is a historic road bridge spanning the Paterson River with three main sections built from timber trusses and internal steel components. The structure measures around 130 meters and connects Woodville with surrounding areas using engineering methods from the late 1800s.

An earlier bridge was built on this spot in 1863, but by the end of the 1800s a new one was needed. Engineer Percy Allan designed the current structure in 1899 using an innovative timber truss system for its time.

The bridge is named after Dunmore, the 1863 crossing it replaced, and locals in Woodville and the Hunter region value it highly. Its Allan truss design, third in the five-stage evolution of NSW timber truss bridges, was 20% cheaper to build and could carry 50% more load than the McDonald trusses before it.

The bridge is accessible to vehicles and pedestrians and offers views of the river and surroundings. Visitors can stop at the Maitland Visitor Information Centre to learn more about the structure and nearby walking paths.

The lift span's lifting ropes and counterweights have been removed, so the mechanism no longer operates. The bridge is one of only three surviving overhead-braced timber truss road bridges in New South Wales. Its 2013 truss replacement reused the original design but swapped wrought iron tension members for steel and grey ironbark for blackbutt.