Address & Contact
Innamincka Rd
Durham Downs QLD 4480
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Web: http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65398/IDQ65398.545002.plt.shtml
Bridge dedicated to Burke & Wills.
High level crossing upstream of Innamincka causway giving potential access to the town during floods on the Cooper. But if there's local rainfall the roads will be boggy, impassable and closed as is the case in Feb 2010. And when a 1 in 20 year flood arrives as in March 2010 the structure may not be as flood proof as it appears. In terms of remaining above the floodwaters it is not meant to, but in terms of surviving with minimal damage the design has proven successful.
The bridge deck and water level are equal when the reading on the Nappa Merrie gauge is 7.2m. In 2010 the bridge deck was covered from 11th to 27th March and was 1.1m under on the14th at the flood peak.
In 2025 in an even bigger flood which destroyed the nearby flood gauge, the bridge went about 4 m under. Both the northern and southern abutments were badly damaged and will need major repairs.
Link to video is an interview with the bridge designer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3whjk_eEz0