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Date: 1903 Type: Bridge Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°53'21.57" S 25°12'28.16" E Alt: 205m

A bridge over the Van Staden's Gorge carrying the Port Elizabeth-Avontuur Narrow Gauge Rail-line - Apple Express. At 616,5m the bridge was the highest in southern Africa, and thereafter also in the Union of South Africa. It has a length of 1 818m.