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LOCATION
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Address Hackney Road HACKNEY
Locality
Accuracy L - low level confidence
Council Area Norwood Payneham and St Peters Council; Walkerville Council
Polygon Type B - Building footprint
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Hackney Bridge (former New Company Bridge) [Metal Arch]
Registered Name Hackney Bridge (Company Bridge)
Significance Hackney Bridge is the second oldest iron arch bridge in Australia and one of only three metal truss arch bridges remaining in South Australia. As the third bridge to be built at this flood-prone site, this bridge represents a definitive design solution for this crossing of the River Torrens, providing a high level deck and eliminating the piers that were the undoing of the previous low level bridges. The technical achievement of the bridge is of exceptional significance. For its day, it was the lightest and cheapest wrought iron bridge constructed in the Colony. Its serviceability for modern traffic more than 120 years later is a testament to the durability of the engineering solution. The efficient structural design is also a significant aesthetic achievement. The open web arches are a strong expression of the structural forces they transfer and the cast iron hinges reflect the concentration and transfer of structural forces into the abutments. (Adapted from Hackney Road Bridge Conservation Management Plan, 2003).
Subject Index Transport (Road) - Road Bridge
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 04-MAR-1993
REFERENCE
LGA Walkerville; Norwood, Payneham and St Peters
State Heritage ID 14261
Heritage Number 8422
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 0000/0000 H105100 S256,CT 0000/0000 H106100 S475

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