Suspension Bridges Crossing Dee River

This is a list of all 8 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Dee River. Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.

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1939: Far Red Hill

Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia - Dee River
Bridgemeister ID:1748 (added 2005-04-20)
Year Completed:1939
Name:Far Red Hill
Location:Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia
Crossing:Dee River
Coordinates:23.651006 S 150.376080 E
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:Only towers remain (last checked: 2019)
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

External Links:

  • Mount Morgan web site (link reported not working). Notes: "At a special meeting of the Mount Morgan Shire Council in February 1939, the Council accepted a tender from Mr. W. Kerrigan to rebuild [the previous Far Red Hill bridge]. The bridge is now neglected and in a very bad state of repair and is unusable."

2001: East Street

Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia - Dee River
Bridgemeister ID:2675 (added 2019-03-24)
Year Completed:2001
Name:East Street
Also Known As:Private Victor Stanley Jones
Location:Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia
Crossing:Dee River
Coordinates:23.642740 S 150.389375 E
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2021)
Main Cables:Wire
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:


(footbridge)

Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia - Dee River
Bridgemeister ID:1745 (added 2005-04-20)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia
Crossing:Dee River
Status:Destroyed, 1928, by flood.
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

  • According to a sign at one of the remaining Mount Morgan suspension bridges, "[this bridge] spanned from Tipperary Road to the 'lower yards' of the mine, 100 metres past where the western end of Morgan Street crosses the Dee. It was destroyed in 1928."

(footbridge)

Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia - Dee River
Bridgemeister ID:1746 (added 2005-04-20)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia
Crossing:Dee River
Status:Destroyed, 1928, by flood.
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

  • According to a sign at one of the remaining Mount Morgan suspension bridges, "[this bridge] crossed from the mine side of the Dee, west of the gold sheds, to Tipperary Road, opposite where Mountain View and Sunburst Hotels once stood. It too was swept away in 1928."

East Street

Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia - Dee River
Bridgemeister ID:1744 (added 2005-04-20)
Name:East Street
Location:Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia
Crossing:Dee River
Coordinates:23.642281 S 150.389351 E
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Status:Dismantled, 1904
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:


Far Red Hill

Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia - Dee River
Bridgemeister ID:1747 (added 2005-04-20)
Name:Far Red Hill
Location:Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia
Crossing:Dee River
Status:Destroyed, 1928, by flood.
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

External Links:

  • Mount Morgan (link reported not working). Notes that this bridge was destroyed by flood in 1928 and later replaced. A sign at one of the remaining Mount Morgan suspension bridges says this bridge "spanned the river on the far side of Red Hill, from Baldwin Street on the south to School Street on the west."

Tipperary Point-Red Hill

Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia - Dee River
Bridgemeister ID:1749 (added 2005-04-20)
Name:Tipperary Point-Red Hill
Location:Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia
Crossing:Dee River
Coordinates:23.649004 S 150.377834 E
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:Closed (last checked: 2010)
Main Cables:Wire
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:

  • Damaged by flood, 1928. Rebuilt, 1937.

Upper Dee

Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia - Dee River
Bridgemeister ID:1743 (added 2005-04-20)
Name:Upper Dee
Location:Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia
Crossing:Dee River
Use:Footbridge
Status:Replaced
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

  • Completed 1890s. According to a sign at one of the remaining Mount Morgan suspension bridges, "Upper Dee suspension bridge spanned from Byrnes Parade to River Street but was washed away during fierce flooding on 21 April 1928."

External Links:

  • Mount Morgan (link reported not working). Mentions that the bridge had already been "converted to a pile-supported bridge" by the time it was destroyed in 1928.


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