Victoria Bridge, Picton

The Victoria Bridge is a heritage-listed timber trestle truss road bridge across the Stonequarry Creek, located at Prince Street in the south-western Sydney town of Picton in the Wollondilly Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia.

He was chiefly remembered for his exploits under Wellington in the Iberinan Peninsular War displaying great bravery and persistence.

Prior to the bridges being built, river crossings were often dangerous in times of rain, which caused bulk freight movement to be prohibitively expensive for most agricultural and mining produce.

Only the high priced wool clip of the time was able to carry the costs and inconvenience imposed by the generally inadequate river crossings that often existed prior to the trusses construction.

Timber truss bridges were preferred by the NSW Public Works Department from the mid 19th to the early 20th century because they were relatively cheap to construct, and used mostly local materials.

This is a reflection of the changing mindset of the NSW people, who were slowly accepting that American ideas could be as good as or better than European ones.

The super structure is supported by timber trestles which carry a single-lane carriageway with a minimum width of 3.7 m (12 ft) and a footpath.

[2] Victoria Bridge over Stonequarry Creek was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 20 June 2000 having satisfied the following criteria.

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

Through this, the complete set of bridges gain some social significance, as they could be said to be held in reasonable esteem by many travellers in NSW.

[2] The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

[2] This Wikipedia article contains material from Victoria Bridge over Stonequarry Creek, entry number 01484 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.