[2] With a span of about 60 metres (200 ft), it was one of the last major items of permanent way to be built on the fledgling railway.

The contractors were George Cornwell and Co[2] (not Goldsack & Co as recorded in Leo Harrigan's history of Victorian railways).

[3] Cornwell had previously been involved as contractor in many other major construction works including the Melbourne and Suburban Railway as a whole, as well as Melbourne Grammar School, the Model School, Coppin's Haymarket Theatre, and the Sunbury railway goods shed.

Subsequently, he was a contractor on Parliament House, Albert Park Station, Jack's Magazine[4] and the Wallaby Creek water supply.

[2] The bridge was extended westwards in 1938–39 when a new span was added to cross the Yarra Boulevard, which was constructed by sustenance workers during the Depression as a scenic drive.