Loddon River Bridge Eddington
A sign at the gate to the reserve displays the following text:
This was the main crossing point of the Loddon River on the goldfields road from Dunolly to Maldon and Castlemaine. Originally a punt operated the crossing, but when a bridge was built in 1861, commercial buildings sprang up along McCoy Street. Floods caused severe damage many times often making the low level wooden structure unusable. Floods in the early 20th century effectively put an end to its use and in 1929 a new concrete bridge was completed, crossing the Loddon River south of the former township. (An initiative of the Eddington community and Loddon Shire Council, 2015)
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