Bourne Creek Trestle bridge, Kilcunda
The Kilcunda Bridge was constructed in 1911 for the Victorian Railways as part of the Woolamai-Wonthaggi railway.It is a single-track fifteen span all-timber railway bridge, with a total deck length of 91 metres and a maximum height of twelve metres. Kilcunda Bridge came into use with the opening to traffic of the permanent coal-fields railway in 1911. The line was closed in 1978. The bridge is now part of the Bass Coast Shire Rail Trail, opened c. 2006.
The bridge was once used to transport coal from the “Powlett Coal Fields” by the Victorian Railways in 1911 to 1978. This coal was used to fuel the steam locomotives that crossed the now iconic Bourne Creek Trestle Bridge.
Bourne Creek Trestle bridge, Kilcunda
The Kilcunda Bridge was constructed in 1911 for the Victorian Railways as part of the Woolamai-Wonthaggi railway.It is a single-track fifteen span all-timber railway bridge, with a total deck length of 91 metres and a maximum height of twelve metres. Kilcunda Bridge came into use with the opening to traffic of the permanent coal-fields railway in 1911. The line was closed in 1978. The bridge is now part of the Bass Coast Shire Rail Trail, opened c. 2006.
The bridge was once used to transport coal from the “Powlett Coal Fields” by the Victorian Railways in 1911 to 1978. This coal was used to fuel the steam locomotives that crossed the now iconic Bourne Creek Trestle Bridge.