Twin Bridges

No, not twins, as one is forty years older than the other, but they have the same design.

The first span of the Kings Bridge over the South Esk River in Launceston was manufactured in Manchester and brought out to Tassie, where it was floated into place in 1863. The trouble was, it only had one lane so, forty years later when traffic levels had increased considerably, the authorities decided to commission another similar span. They gave the work to a local company who copied the design of the original and put it into place beside the original in 1903.

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