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The Dickabram Bridge near Theebine (Photo: KGBO. Licensed under CCBY-SA3.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

January 25, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

An $8 million project upgrading the Heritage-listed Dickabram Bridge – part of the former Kingaroy-Theebine rail line – will enter a new phase next month.<\/p>\n

The bridge will be closed from February 5 to November 30 to allow RoadTek to continue work replacing timber girders, decking, piles and other pieces of the structure.<\/p>\n

The project also includes repainting steel with a coating to protect the bridge from rust.<\/p>\n

Dickabram Bridge crosses the Mary River at Miva, north of Gympie.<\/p>\n

It was built by McDermott and Owen and was commissioned on June 1, 1886.<\/p>\n

It is the oldest combined road and rail crossing left in Queensland and also the oldest surviving complete steel truss bridge in the State.<\/p>\n

Its poor condition was a major reason put forward at the time of the closure of the Kingaroy-Theebine rail link, which had been mothballed for several years before being officially closed on Christmas Eve 2010.<\/p>\n

This rail link has now been identified by Moreton Resources as a possible corridor for the transport of export coal from its proposed Kingaroy open cut coal mine.<\/p>\n

Department of Transport and Main Roads information states that a significant program of maintenance and rehabilitation works was required to ensure the bridge could remain open and be capable of handling future traffic demand.<\/p>\n

However, it says the existing 15 tonne load limit will remain after the rehabilitation works are completed.<\/p>\n

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