Rail Geelong

The Waurn Ponds Creek bridge is located in the middle of an embankment between the Barwon River bridge and Marshall station. The creek itself joins the Barwon River a short distance downstream of the rail bridge, during normal weather is no more than a ditch. However, when the Barwon River floods the entire surrounding floodplain is covered with water, and this bridge provides an important additional opening in the railway embankment across the Barwon River valley.

The bridge is identical in construction to that over the nearby Barwon River, with concrete pylons supporting twin steel plate girders, with the rails being fixed to timber transoms. This bridge was also constructed in the 1960s, replacing a timber trestle. In February 2011 the bridge was refurbished, with new handrails being provided the full length of the bridge.

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New handrails on the bridge, viewed from the west, installed during the recent occupation March 6, 2011	Old decking and safety duckouts removed from the bridge during the recent refurbishment March 6, 2011	Looking north towards the refurbished bridge, a 1 in 2 sleeper replacement also carried out March 6, 2011
View from the parkland to the west Looking down the line from the north October 13, 2006	Side view of the steel girder, timber transom bridge December 21, 2005	Underside of the timber transomed bridge December 21, 2005
View from the south-eastern side, the creek isn't more than a ditch, unless the Barwon River floods From down end December 21, 2005

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