Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.

Vryheid Branch Line Bridge over the Bloedrivier Blood River/Bloedrivier district, KwaZulu-Natal McLAGAN and MABY Brothers: Architect ZUID AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK DEPARTEMENT VAN SPOORWEGEN: Architect Maurits Edgar DE WILDT: Engineer

Date: 1898 Type: Bridge Style: Industrial Archaeology Status: Derelict   Click to view map Coordinates: 27°53’46,068” S 3034’53,916” E Alt: 1188m

A structure found along the line between the Bloedrivier Station building ensemble and the Culvert north of Bloedrivier Bridge linking the NATAL GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS to the ZUID AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK DEPARTEMENT VAN SPOORWEGEN Voetpadsdrif-Vryheid Branch Line. The suspended girder bridge located between two double-arched stone abutments has been plundered for scrap metal and all diagonal bracings are harvested leaving the structure precariously unstable!