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Railway bridge across the Mpambanyoni River
Scottburgh, KwaZulu-Natal

Date:1897
Type:Railway Bridge
Status:Demolished

 


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Coordinates:
30°16'46.41''S 30°45'27.96''E

Damaged in floods (e.g., 1955, 1987, 2022); approaches washed away in 1955, requiring repairs. Due to a new alignment, this Pratt Truss type steel bridge was replaced by a curved concrete structure in c. the late 1970s.