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The Rail Bridge over Mollison's Creek was constructed for the Victorian Railways in 1889 by McDermott & Sons along the Wandong-Bendigo line.
The line was closed in 1968.
The Rail Bridge and line were used to supply the Bendigo mines with shaft timbers.
The line was also very important for local produce, being used in the transportation of wool and sheep.
It is a 26-span, timber trestle bridge, which had a timber deck that carried a single track over Mollison's Creek.
The bridge is architecturally significant as a representative and substantially intact example of a timber trestle bridge using stay piles and timber longitudinal girders supporting a timber rail deck.
It is a notable example of a timber trestle bridge construction, which demonstrates a distinctive and presently rarely used construction method that utilises the best qualities of native bush timbers.
Ref:http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/vhd/heritagevic#detail_places;68959
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Victoria is Australia's second smallest State and covers only 3% of Australia's land area but has the second highest population of all States and Territories. Victoria's mainland and islands have a total length of 2,512 kilometres coastline which is about 4.2% of Australia's 59,736 kilometres of coastline. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and Victoria is no exception although the state capital Melbourne has the reputation to have 4 seasons in one day. Victoria is located in the southeast of mainland Australia and includes the most southern point on mainland Australia at Wilsons Promontory National Park.
