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NZASM Southern Line Bridge over the Six Mile Spruit (Hennops River) Irene district, Gauteng NZASM: Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij: Architect

Date: 1892+ Client: NZASM Type: Railway Bridge Style: Industrial Archaeology Status: Ruin   Click to view map Coordinates: -25°53'21.78" S 28°13'26.53" E

Located south of Irene on the line to Olifantsfontein. Originally designed as a plate girder bridge of 15m span, when the Wierda Bridge over the same river was damaged by flooding the span was redesigned for 25m with a parabolic bow-string steel superstructure, manufactured in Germany and imported though Durban and transported in sections by ox-wagon via Charlestown and assembled on site. It was demolished on 1900 05 31 by Boer forces in retreat. It has been later been replaced along a realignment on the opposite side of the road. References: De Jong, RC, Van der Waal, GM & Heydenrych, DH. 1988. NZASM 100 : 1887-1899, the buildings, steam engines and structures of the Netherlands South African Railway Company. Pretoria: C. Van Rensburg Publications on behalf of the Human Sciences Research Council. pg 232