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Date: 1863 : 1976 : 1933 : 2003 Type: Bridge Status: Demolished   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°05'00.55" S 26°13'32.04" E Alt: 384m

See more photographs Destroyed by floods 1874. The bridge has been replaced by a concrete bridge. Transcription of original commemorative steel plaque (1863) now mounted on concrete plinth on the road deck on north side of bridge - above the central column of the bridge: CARLISLE BRIDGE BUILT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF ROADS SUPERSTRUCTURE BY DAVID FERGUSON C.W. 1863 Transcription of second commemorative steel plaque (1935) now mounted on a concrete plinth on the road deck on north side of bridge - above the central column of the bridge: DESTROYED BY FLOOD 1874 ___________________ RE-ERECTED (IRONWORK ONLY) ABOUT 1876 ___________________ DESTROYED BY FLOOD 2ND JANUARY 1932 ___________________ NEW BRIDGE ERECTED 1933 BY THE DIVISIONAL COUNCIL OF ALBANY ___________________ CONTRACTORS MURRAY & STEWART (PTY) LTD Transcription of third commemorative engraved brass plaque (2003) mounted on a concrete plinth on the road deck on south side of bridge - above the central column of the bridge: THE WIDENING OF THE OLD SINGLE LANE BRIDGE WAS RE-INAUGURATED IN SEPTEMBER 2003 References: Walters, Dennis. 2014. Bridging the Eastern Cape : the life and work of Joseph Newey. East London: Coral Tree Press. pg 54, 121 B16