Melton Viaduct is a railway
viaduct
A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide v ...
south west of the city of
Melton in
Victoria, Australia. The viaduct carries the
Serviceton railway line over the valley of the
Werribee River, now dammed to create
Melton Reservoir
Melton may refer to:
Places
* Melton, Victoria, a satellite city outside Melbourne, Australia
** Electoral district of Melton, the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate based on Melton
** Melton, Victoria (suburb), a suburb of Melton
**Melton ...
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The girder and trestle viaduct was built in 1885 by
Victorian Railways to establish a direct rail route between the cities of
Melbourne and
Ballarat
Ballarat ( ) is a city in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Ballarat had a population of 116,201, making it the third largest city in Victoria. Estimated resid ...
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The viaduct was listed on the
Victorian Heritage Register in 2013.
References
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Transport in the City of Melton
Railway bridges in Victoria (state)
1885 establishments in Australia
Bridges completed in 1885
Trestle bridges
Heritage-listed buildings in Melbourne
Buildings and structures in the City of Melton
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