Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Historic Metal Road Bridges in Victoria
- In
- Engineering Heritage Matters: Conference Papers of the 12th National Conference on Engineering Heritage, Toowoomba, 29 September to 1 Oct 2003
- Imprint
- Engineers Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 2003, pp. 176-183
- ISBN/ISSN
- 064642775X
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.339245803121934
- Abstract
The study of metal road bridges was commissioned by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) as a two-stage project. Stage One is intended to establish the parameters and criteria for a thorough assessment of historic metal road bridges in Victoria. It has involved a thematic study of the history of construction of metal road bridges in Victoria; development of criteria for the assessment of the heritage significance of metal road bridges; identification of all metal road bridges of potential cultural significance; and preparation of sample detailed assessments of nine bridges for each category of level of significance. The study has resulted in a far-more critical approach to the assessment of significance and has demonstrated the value of quantitative assessment focussed on the definitive criteria of a specific site type in conjunction with the generic approach of existing assessment criteria. The proposed stage two is envisaged as a detailed assessment of all significant metal road bridges with the potential to expand the study to cover bridges of other materials as well as rail, pipe and foot bridges.
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- Engineering Heritage Matters: Conference Papers of the 12th National Conference on Engineering Heritage, Toowoomba, 29 Sept to 1 Oct 2003 edited by Sheridan, Norman (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Engineers Australia, 2003), 183 pp, https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.064642775X. Details