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Separation Street
The road bridge at Separation Street was one of two over bridges provided with the opening of the Geelong Line. (the other was at Church Street) On the opening day it was the site of a fatal accident, with Henry Walters (superintendent of locomotives for the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company) mortally injured after making contact with the bridge while on board the first Melbourne bound train.
The original bridge was built between 1857 and 1858 by the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company, by their engineer Edward Snell. This bridge was replaced with an iron bridge completed in 1875, with the iron girders produced by Geelong's Humble and Company's foundry.
In 1959 the Grain Loop was constructed underneath the main Geelong - Melbourne line, with an additional road bridge provided to the north of the existing road bridge to span the new tracks. These bridges were then replaced in 1969 when the Country Roads Board built the current Melbourne-bound bridge, and in 1970 the second bridge was built for Geelong-bound traffic.