Before the bridges were 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 could carry the costs and inconvenience imposed by the generally inadequate river crossings that often existed before the truss bridge's 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.

The bridge has iron piers, which is a rare technical and aesthetic feature, and has the ability to demonstrate much about the manufacturing technology of the late 19th century.

[3] The Wallaby Rocks Bridge was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 20 June 2000 having satisfied the following criteria.

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

The Turon River Bridge is held in some esteem by the people of Bathurst, and contributes in a small way to the heritage tourism which is popular in the area.

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

[3] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Bridge over Turon River at Wallaby Rocks, entry number 01458 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.