Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge, Metal truss bridge in Clarendon, Australia.
The Lockyer Creek Railway Bridge is a half-through double x 2 lattice girder bridge on a straight alignment carrying a single track over Lockyer Creek at Clarendon. Its 100-foot (30 m) metal truss span rests on timber piers with concrete bases, with a central timber pier added in 1932, and timber trestle approaches of 20-foot and 26-foot spans. It was designed by Henry Charles Stanley and built from 1885 to 1886 by H A Brigg.
The structure was built between 1885 and 1886 to a design by Henry Charles Stanley and constructed by H A Brigg. It remained in service for roughly a century until the railway line closed in 1993.
The bridge carried the Brisbane Valley Branch line, opened between Lowood and Esk on 9 August 1886, and named after the engineer Henry Charles Stanley. Since late 2018 it has formed part of the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail, so walkers and cyclists cross the same 30-metre lattice girder span that once carried trains.
The bridge now carries the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail, so it can be crossed on foot or by bicycle; the surface is the trail deck laid over the timber and lattice girders. The 100-foot lattice span rests on timber piers with concrete bases, and a central timber pier divides it. Look for the 1968 channel strengthening along the sides and the transoms over the top.
The 100-foot (30 m) lattice girder span was the longest of its type in Queensland from 1884 until 1932, when a central timber pier was added to split it into two spans for heavier loads. The bridge is one of the oldest surviving metal truss bridges in the state, alongside Miva and Wide Bay Creek, both of 1886.
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