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Date: c1920 Type: Bridge Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 25°47'52.19" S 27°53'42.74" E Alt: 1178m

In the nineteen-twenties this single lane steel girder bridge with a span of 64 metres was built over the Crocodile River at Broederstroom. On the right-hand embankment the steel structure rests on the customary reinforced concrete abutment. On the left-hand side of the river - because of a wide expanse of low ground - it rests on a concrete pier. From there two spans of concrete structure - each about 15m long - lead to sufficiently high ground. The bridge is in sound condition. It would seem that it is still in limited use. Crossing the bridge the old path ends on a private property. (Konrad Voges, November 2020)