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A fact from Garratt Road Bridge appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 December 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Garratt Road Bridge is the longest extant timber bridge in Western Australia?

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Sorry couldnt resist to poke around, took some photos there today, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Garratt_Road_Bridge. There have been a couple of incident worthy of note one was a ferry getting stuck under the bridge c1980. Gnan garra 15:19, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

sources of interest

"BRIDGING THE SWAN". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 15 July 1932. p. 20. Retrieved 22 December 2014. - has good map that could be recreated to show the different options, note there are two roads call guildford road one NOR and SOR(now Great Eastern Hwy)
"No Title". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 8 April 1950. p. 18. Retrieved 22 December 2014. nice photo in 1950 shames its on the page fold
"GOLDFIELDS WATER". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 21 March 1941. p. 11. Retrieved 22 December 2014. water main across river at bridge

theres a reasonable coverage of the bridge pre 1950's on Trove Gnan garra 15:38, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the interest – will look into these later (I'm getting what I can from the heritage refs first) - Evad37 [talk] 16:24, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

some bigger range of piccies with a horrible range of terminology (bridge one, bridge two, west bridge, tall bridge, old bridge and so on) now on commons as well satusuro 16:35, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@SatuSuro: It would be good if they could be renamed to standard, unambiguous terms – "upstream" and "downstream" would be a good choice (as used in the heritage listing / assessment documentation). And as it currently stands, the usage of "one"/"first and "two"/"second" seems to be back-to-front, at least with regards to the construction dates - Evad37 [talk] 13:22, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

you will also come a cropper with the use of ascot rail bridge - the term used by the press and the railways is http://trove.nla.gov.au/book/result?q=subject%3A%22Belmont+Railway+Bridge+%28Belmont%2C+W.A.%29+--+Photographs.%22 satusuro 16:41, 21 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Changed - Evad37 [talk] 13:22, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

actually its a bit more complicated - the history of bayswater (battye this arvo) suggests it was also known as racecourse bridge satusuro 13:36, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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