PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT - LIST OF PRINCIPAL BRIDGES IN THE CAPE COLONY 1909-1910
Set out alphabetically
Name of Bridge
Division

Adelaide Bridge

Fort Beaufort

Antjes River Bridge

Tulbagh

Assegai Bosch Bridge

Humansdorp

Bailey Bridge

Queenstown

Balfour Stream Bridge

Stockenstroom

Bath River Bridge

Caledon

Berrange Bridge

Graaff-Reinet

Bethulie Bridge 

Albert

Blaine Bridge

King William's Town

Boentjies River Bridge

Clanwilliam

Bot River Bridge

Caledon

Brabant Bridge

East London

Breidbach Bridge

King William's Town

Buffalo Bridge

King William's Town

Buffeljachts River Bridge

Swellendam

Buitendag Bridge

Albert

Carlisle Bridge

Albany

Cemeteries Road Bridge No1

Cape

Cemeteries Road Bridge No2

Cape

Chumie Suspension Bridge

Victoria East

Clough Bridge

Albany

Colesberg Bridge

Colesberg

Convict Station Bridge

Albany

Cookhouse Bridge

Bedford

Deel Kraal Bridge

Stockenstroom

Diep River Bridge

George

Doorn River Bridge

Clanwilliam

Doorn River Bridge

Clanwilliam

Doorn River Bridge

Van Rhyn's Dorp

Drooge River Bridge

Bedford

Du Plessis Bridge

Tarka

Dwars River Bridge

Ceres

Dwars River Bridge

Paarl

Elands River Bridge

Caledon

Fort Brown Bridge

Albany

Free Bridge

Aliwal North

Gamtoos River Bridge

Humansdorp

Genadendal Bridge

Caledon

Gilfilland Bridge

Cradock

Goudini Bridge

Worcester

Gouritz River Bridge

Mossel Bay

Great Berg River Bridge

Malmesbury

Great Brak Causeway

George

Great Kei River Bridge

Komgha

Grey Bridge

Swellendam

Grey's Bridge

Tulbagh

Grier Bridge

Swellendam

Hantams River Bridge

Calvania

Henry Putt Bridge

Bathurst

Hex River Bridge

Clanwilliam

Hex River Bridge

Worcester

Hollespruit River Bridge

Wodehouse

Homtini River Bridge

Knysna

Hooge Kraal Bridge

George

Hopetown Bridge

Hopetown

Howison's Poort Bridge

Albany

Hugos River Bridge

Paarl

Jan Dissels River Bridge

Clanwilliam

Jansenville Bridge

Jansenville

Juta-Olivier Bridge

Oudtshoorn

Kaaimans River Bridge

George

Kaffir Kuils River Bridge

Riversdale

Kaga Stream Bridge No 1

Bedford

Kaga Stream Bridge No 2

Bedford

Karatara River Bridge

Knysna

Kareiga River Bridge

Albany

Karnmelk Spruit Bridge

Aliwal North

Klaas Smits Bridge

Queenstown

Kleinberg River Bridge

Tulbagh

Klip River Bridge No 1

Swellendam

Klip River Bridge No 2

Swellendam

Knysna Bridge

Knysna

Komani Stream Bridge

Queenstown

Koonap River Bridge

Albany

Kwelegha River Bridge

East London

Lady Grey Bridge

Paarl

Lady Loch Bridge

Paarl

Line Drift Bridge

King William's Town

Little Fish River Bridge

Somerset East

Loch Bridge

Barkly East

Long Bridge

George

Long Kloof River Bridge

Barkly East

Lonsdale Bridge

King William's Town

Lourens River Bridge

Stellenbosch

Louw Bridge

Malmesbury

Lyndoch Bridge

Stellenbosch

Mackay Bridge

Uitenhage

Malagas River Bridge

George

Military Road Bridge

Cape

Modderpoort Spruit Bridge

Aliwal North

Montagu Bridge

Cape

Mosselbanks River Bridge

Cape

Mouls River Bridge

Tulbagh

Munnik Bridge

Tulbagh

Nazaar River Bridge

Albany

Newey Bridge

King William's Town

Nieuwe Drift Bridge

Worcester

Novo Drift Bridge

Riversdale

Oorlogs River Bridge

Calvania

Oliphants River West Bridges

Clanwilliam

Ongers River Foot Bridge

Richmond

Oude Drift Bridge

Robertson

Ox Kraal Stream Bridge

Queenstown

Palmiet River Bridge

Caledon

Rondegat River Bridge

Clanwilliam

St Mark's Bridge

Queenstown

Salt River Bridge

Van Rhyn's Dorp

Sauer Bridge

Aliwal North

Schaap River

Bridge Ceres

Silver River Bridge

George

Sir George Grey Bridge

Paarl

Sivewright's Bridge

Oudtshoorn

Sprigg Bridge

Richmond

Station Road Bridge

Tarka

Stormberg Spruit Bridge

Albert

Storms Vlei Bridge

Swellendam

Tarka River Bridge

Cradock

Tchoi Stream Bridge

Peddie

Touws River Bridge

George

Twenty-four Rivers' Bridge

Piquetberg

Upington Bridge

Caledon

Victoria Bridge

Aberdeen

Victoria Bridge

Fort Beaufort

Victoria Bridge

Robertson

Victoria Bridge

Stellenbosch

Vlek Poort River Bridge

Tarka

Wagondrift Bridge

Ceres

Waschbank River Bridge

Wodehouse

Weeber Bridge

Beaufort  West

White Kei River Bridge

Glen Grey

Wood's Bridge

Albany

Zeekoei River Bridge

Colesberg

Zwartkei Bridge

Queenstown

Zwartkops River Bridge

Port Elizabeth

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
LIST OF PRINCIPAL BRIDGES IN THE CAPE COLONY 1909
Set out by Division
Division
Name of Bridge
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.

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