COAST MAGAZINE SUMMER 2021/22 ISSUE

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Bridges

OF THE CENTRAL COAST

Phil Houghton Bridge, Piles Creek

© KEVIN MORGAN, MAGIC LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

Chances are, you’ve never thought of the Central Coast as a place of interesting bridges. But did you know that the oldest convict-built bridge still in use in mainland Australia, as well as the second oldest bridge and the fourth oldest bridge are all in our region? (The latter two are now without their roadways, and only their sandstone abutments remain.)


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