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ZAR Road Bridge over the Apies River, Jacob Maré Street Bridge Sunnyside, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng DEPARTEMENT VAN PUBLIEKE WERKEN - ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK: Architect Sytze Wopkes WIERDA: Design Architect Sytze Wopkes WIERDA: Project Architect John Johnston KIRKNESS: Contractor

Date: 1888-1900 Client: City of Pretoria Type: Bridge Style: Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens Status: Demolished

Built as part of an identical structure for the Arcadia Bridge, being constructed of locally quarried stone sub-structure with central pier, having a steel super-structure each spanning 6m and 3m wide. The Bridge was replaced by the British during their occupation of Pretoria in the Anglo-Boer War in 1900-1902. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books that reference ZAR Road Bridge over the Apies River, Jacob Maré Street Bridge Bakker, Karel A, Clarke, Nicholas J & Fisher, Roger C. 2014. Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens : A shared Dutch built heritage in South Africa. Pretoria: Visual Books. pg 92 Erasmus, Koos and Friebus, Hein. 2008. Vergete padbrûe van die ZAR : 'n oorsig van die padbrûe wat gebou en beplan is tydens die regering van die Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek. Centurion: Koos Erasmus and Hein Friebus: . pg 31-32