Monuments Or EConomic Developments

Published: January 1, 2025

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT - LIST OF PRINCIPAL BRIDGES IN THE CAPE COLONY 1909-1910

Set out alphabetically

Name of Bridge

Division

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

LIST OF PRINCIPAL BRIDGES IN THE CAPE COLONY 1909

Set out by Division

Division

Name of Bridge

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Aberdeen

| Victoria Bridge, on the Kraai River

Albany

| Carlisle Bridge, on the Great Fish River at
Espags Drift
Kareiga River Bridge
Clough Bridge, on the Great Fish River at
Committees Drift
Nazaar River Bridge
Fort Brown Bridge, on the Great Fish River
Koonap River Bridge
Howison’s Poort Bridge, on the Palmiet River
Convict Station Bridge, on the Palmiet River
Wood’s Bridge, on the Bushman’s River

Albert

| Bethulie Bridge, on the Orange River
Stormberg Spruit Bridge
Buitendag Bridge

Aliwal North

| Free Bridge, on the Orange River
Karnmelk Spruit Bridge
Modderpoort Spruit Bridge
Sauer Bridge, on the Kowie River

Barkly East

| Loch Bridge, on the Kraai River
Long Kloof River Bridge

Bathurst

| Henry Putt Bridge, on the Kowie River

Beaufort West

| Weeber Bridge, on the Gamka River

Bedford

| Cookhouse Bridge, on the Great Fish River
Kaga Stream Bridge No 1
Kaga Stream Bridge No 2
Drooge River Bridge

Caledon

| Bath River Bridge
Bot River Bridge
Elands River Bridge
Genadendal Bridge, on the Zondereinde River
Palmiet River Bridge
Upington Bridge, on the Zonderend River

Calvinia

| Hantams River Bridge
Oorlogs River Bridge

Cape

| Cemeteries Road Bridge No1, on the Black River
Cemeteries Road Bridge No2, on the Black River
Montagu Bridge, on the Salt River
Military Road Bridge, on the Keysers River
Mosselbanks River Bridge

Ceres

| Dwars River Bridge
Wagondrift Bridge, on the Molen River
Schaap River Bridge

Clanwilliam

| Boentjies River Bridge
Doorn River Bridge

Clanwilliam

| Hex River Bridge
Jan Dissels River Bridge
Oliphants River West Bridges
Rondegat River Bridge
Doorn River Bridge at Doornbosch

Colesberg

| Colesberg Bridge, at the Orange River
Zeekoei River Bridge

Cradock

| Gilfilland Bridge, on the Great Fish River
Tarka River Bridge

East London

| Brabant Bridge, on the Gonubie River
Kwelegha River Bridge

Fort Beaufort

| Adelaide Bridge, on the Koonap River
Victoria Bridge, on the Kat River

George

| Diep River Bridge
Kaaimans River Bridge
Long Bridge, on the Maalgatten River
Malagas River Bridge
Great Brak Causeway
Silver River Bridge
Touws River Bridge
Hooge Kraal Bridge, on the Zwart River

Glen Grey

| White Kei River Bridge

Graaff-Reinet

| Berrange Bridge, on the Sunday’s River

Hopetown

| Hopetown Bridge, on the Orange River

Humansdorp

| Assegai Bosch Bridge, on the Kroome River
Gamtoos River Bridge

Jansenville

| Jansenville Bridge, on the Sunday’s River

King William’s Town

| Blaine Bridge, on the Gonubie River
Buffalo Bridge
Breidbach Bridge, on the Yellowwoods River
Lonsdale Bridge, on the Yellowwoods River
Line Drift Bridge, on the Keiskama River
Newey Bridge, at Convict Sta Drift, on the
Keiskama River

Knysna

| Karatara River Bridge
Homtini River Bridge
Knysna Bridge
Great Kei River Bridge

Malmesbury

| Louw Bridge, on the Great Berg River
Great Berg River Bridge

Mossel Bay

| Gouritz River Bridge

Oudtshoorn

| Sivewright’s Bridge, on the Oliphants River
Juta-Olivier Bridge, on the Grobbelaars River

Paarl

| Lady Loch Bridge, on the Berg River
Lady Grey Bridge, on the Berg River
Sir George Grey Bridge, on the Berg River
Dwars River Bridge
Hugos River Bridge

Peddie

| Tchoi Stream Bridge

Port Elizabeth

| Zwartkops River Bridge

Piquetberg

| Twenty-four Rivers’ Bridges

Queenstown

| Zwartkei Bridge
Klaas Smits Bridge
Ox Kraal Stream Bridge
Bailey Bridge, on the Bongolo River
Komani Stream Bridge
St Mark’s Bridge, on the White Kei River

Richmond

| Ongers River Foot Bridge
Sprigg Bridge, on the Ongers River

Riversdale

| Kaffir Kuils River Bridge
Novo Drift Bridge, on the Vette River

Robertson

| Victoria Bridge, on the Breede River
Oude Drift Bridge, on the Breede River

Somerset East

| Little Fish River Bridges

Stellenbosch

| Lourens River Bridge
Victoria Bridge, on the Eerste River
Lyndoch Bridge, on the Eerste River

Stockenstroom

| Balfour Stream Bridge
Deel Kraal Bridge

Swellendam

| Buffeljachts River Bridge
Grey Bridge, on the Cornlands River
Klip River Bridge No 1
Klip River Bridge No 2
Grier Bridge, on the Breede River
Storms Vlei Bridge, on the Zondereinde River

Tarka

| Vlek Poort River Bridge
Du Plessis Bridge, on the Elands River
Station Road Bridge, on the Tarka Stream

Tulbagh

| Grey’s Bridge, on the Breede River
Munnik Bridge, on the Kleinberg River
Kleinberg River Bridge
Mouls River Bridge
Antjes river Bridge

Uitenhage

| Mackay Bridge, on the Sunday’s River

Van Rhyn’s Dorp

| Salt River Bridge
Doorn River Bridge

Victoria East

| Chumie Suspension Bridge, on the Chumie River

Wodehouse

| Waschbank River Bridge
Hollespruit River Bridge

Worcester

| Nieuwe Drift Bridge, on the Breede River
Goudini Bridge, on the Breede River
Hex River Bridge

POSTSCRIPT

This listing was originally compiled for private research purposes from official colonial records, Blue Books and archives. It does not warrant publication in its own right, but has been made available here as a source for other researchers. Much as I would like it, I have no copyright claims over this material.