page_title: Murrumbidgee River bridge, Carrathool
section_title: Carrathool Bridge
hierarchical_section_title: Murrumbidgee River bridge, Carrathool / History / Carrathool Bridge
caption_attribution_description: English: The approach to the Carrathool Bridge from the south bank of the en:Murrumbidgee River
context_page_description: The Murrumbidgee River bridge, Carrathool is a heritage-listed road bridge that, until its closure in 2019, carried Carrathool Road across the Murrumbidgee River located in Carrathool, in the Carrathool Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The property is owned by Roads and Maritime Services, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. The bridge is also called the Carrathool Bridge over Murrumbidgee River and provides a key connection between the Sturt Highway and the Murrumbidgee Road. The bridge was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 20 June 2000.
  In October 2019 the bridge was replaced by the two-lane concrete Merrylees Bridge.
context_section_description: The bridge spanning the Murrumbidgee River between Carrathool and the Sturt Highway was completed in 1924. It is an Allan-type timber truss road bridge, and has a bascule-type lift span supported on cylindrical iron piers, designed to allow river-craft to pass. Only three bascule lift span bridges remain in NSW, and the Carrathool bridge is the only one of these in a timber truss road bridge.
  The Carrathool bridge was constructed in response to public pressure for a bridge to replace the river vehicular punt  Funding for work was drawn partly from the local community, and partly from the Department of Public Works. The requirement that local residents pay for half the cost of the bridge "was deplored by the then Mayor of Hay, who was a vocal advocate for the rights and the development of the Riverina region".
caption: Road entering the bridge
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