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It is also known as the Tocumwal Road and Rail Bridge over Murray River. The property is owned by the RailCorp.Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Heritage listing[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Attribution[edit]External links[edit]History[edit]The Truss lift span bridge over the Murray River opened in 1895, and was constructed by the NSW Public Works Department. It has three spans, the centre span having an opening lift-span for navigation. Initially provided for road traffic only, it was strengthened for rail traffic in 1908, and was used for both road and rail traffic until November 1987. The Edward Hillson Bridge opened on 9 November 1987,[1] located a short distance upstream, the concrete  road bridge carries the Goulburn Valley Highway across the Murray, with the old bridge used for rail traffic only since 1987.[2][3]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4When opened, monthly lifting of the centre span was carried out for testing purposes. When the bridge was made a rail and road bridge, the span was always kept down unless enquired by river traffic. By 1930, river traffic declined, and so by 1944, the monthly lifting was altered to yearly. In 1951, it was proposed to keep the span closed, the last lift for river traffic being in 1933, and no maintenance lifting having been carried out for a decade. In September 1977, both state governments agreed to keep it fixed, and removed requirement for being able to lift it. Easter 1995 celebrations including operation of the lift span.[2]Heritage listing[edit]The river bridge was a combined road and rail structure. It is of very high significance because of its technological value and its importance in the history of transport in the State and inter-state rivalries.[4]Tocumwal road and rail bridge over the Murray River was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[4]See also[edit]References[edit]Attribution[edit] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Tocumwal road and rail bridge over Murray River, entry number 01061 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.External links[edit] Media related to Tocumwal Rail Bridge at Wikimedia CommonsNext crossing upstreamMurray RiverNext crossing downstreamEdward Hillson BridgeMurray River road and railway bridge, TocumwalBarmah Bridge     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki41\/murray-river-road-and-railway-bridge-tocumwal\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Murray River road and railway bridge, Tocumwal"}}]}]