Completion of the line was delayed building two bridges of special designs over gorges between Ideraway and Gayndah.

The Ideraway Creek Railway Bridge was designed and drawings signed by Chief Engineer, William Pagan, on 10 December 1906.

It demonstrates the economic re-use of part of the erection truss used to build the Burdekin River Rail Bridge at Macrossan between Townsville and Charters Towers opened in 1899.

The pinned construction and multiple members of the truss were originally designed for rapid assembly and disassembly.

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