Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- Historic Metal Road Bridges in Victoria
- In
- Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering
- Imprint
- vol. 3, no. 1, 2005, pp. 75-82
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.194881653602679
- Description
Paper presented at the National Engineering Heritage Conference (12th: 2003 : Toowoomba).
- 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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- '12th National Engineering Heritage Conference - Selected Papers (2003 : Toowoomba)', Australian Journal of Multi-disciplinary Engineering, 3 (1) (2005), https://search.informit.org/toc/ajmde/3/1. Details