Historical information

After the damage from the February 1971 floods at Orbost when the abutment to the Snowy River road bridge was washed away a Bailey bridge, portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge, was put into place to ensure town access, the C.R.B. rebuilt the approach to the bridge driving new piles and constructing the Bailey bridge. They worked late into the night under flood lights to ensure the link from the Orbost township to the Princes Freeway would be open to traffic as soon as possible.

Significance

These photographs are pictorial records of a significant event in the history of Orbost.

Physical description

Three black / white photographs of a Bailey bridge being erected across a river. 3245.1 and 3245.2 are the same.