This led to a longer road route, yet enabled a shorter bridge to be constructed in a location were flood levels were expected to be lower.

[1] After several years of inaction, the Goodradigbee and Yass councils organised a protest meeting, and the NSW Government asked Tulloch's Phoenix Ironworks in Sydney to order steel for the bridge.

[1] This two-lane steel through truss bridge spans the Murrumbidgee River in the upper reaches of the Burrinjuck Dam storage.

[1] The comparatively narrow 5.5-metre (18 ft) deck of the bridge is unsurfaced concrete, edged by kerbs with pipe handrails with infill wire netting.

Above the upper cross beam the columns are capped with octagonal capitals which support the bridge bearings which are of rocker type.

It has provided a crossing of a major waterway, the Murrumbidgee River, for over seventy years and its long term reliability has facilitated the agricultural activities and economies of the surrounding areas.

The bridge is of aesthetic significance, being an impressive structure of considerable length crossing a major waterway and having landmark qualities on the Yass-Tumut road.

The loss of the previous bridge in record flood was a major blow to the local community using this important transport and communication route.

The community was involved in the debate surrounding the siting of the existing bridge, and continued to express dismay at the lengthy delay in its construction.

[1] Taemas Bridge over Murrumbidgee River was listed on the New South Wales State agency heritage register on 18 August 2005 having satisfied the following criteria.

[1] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

The bridge is of aesthetic significance, being an impressive structure of considerable length crossing a major waterway and having landmark qualities on the Yass-Tumut road.

The loss of the previous bridge in record flood was a major blow to the local community using this important transport and communication route.

The community was involved in the debate surrounding the siting of the existing bridge, and continued to express dismay at the lengthy delay in its construction.