Prince Alfred Bridge 1930 article.

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The article was printed in the "Gundagai Times" on Tuesday the 11 March 1930

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This article is from the Trove website from the National Library of Australia

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Gundagai Info Centre has a
"Official Visitor Guide to Gundagai"

This guide may be a few years old but covers Gundagai.

Gundagai Visitor Guide
This pdf can be viewed or downloaded by clicking here (The PDF is 8Mb in size)

Click here to visit the "Gundagai Visitor Information Centre" website

This article was published By the Engineering Heritage Committee July 1998

This article talks about the nomination for the bridges, but also in it, it talks about the history of both the Road & Rail bridges in Gundagai.
Gundagai Bridges Nomination
The PDF file can be downloaded by clicking here (This pdf is 25Mb in download)
This Article is own by "http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/"

This article was published in the Weekend Advertiser on the 18-07-09

This article talks about "Little Sydney Harbour Bridge" & "Sylvia's Gap"

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A PDF version can be downloaded by clicking here (This pdf is over 3Mb in download)

The Old Hume Highway

The Transport NSW has a guide on the "The Old Hume Highway, History begins with a road"

This guide covers some of the history of the old highway and the towns it went though in NSW, from Ashfield (In Sydney) to Albury (NSW/VIC Border), It is also a self-guided tour guide.

They have a whole online guide, click here to view

This guide is also available for download by clicking the image below.
Or visiting there Self-guied Tours Site which includes many other guides

(PDF, 10.5 MB)

The Great South Road

The Transport NSW has a guide on the "The Great South Road"

This guide is a bit outdated but covers some of the history of The Great South Road, (Later the M.R.B. (Then R.T.A. Now R.M.S.) renamed it Hume Highway)It is also meant to be a self-guided tour guide.

This guide is also available for download by clicking the image below.
Or visiting there Self-guied Tours Site which includes many other guides

(PDF, 3 MB)

Prince Alfred Bridge Gundagai 2021

Gundagai farewells a old bridge

Historic Prince Alfred Bridge Gundagai 7-11-21

Since its construction this bridge has been used as part of the Hume Highway till the bypass was completed in 1977, over the next 10 or more years since then it had been open for the locals to cross but time and cost took its toll causing it to be closed.

The cost became too much and after many years it was deemed a safety risk and so the authorities decided it had to be removed