McKanes Falls Bridge - textured 3D model

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The McKanes Falls Bridge in Lithgow is of State significance. Completed in 1893, it is one of the seven McDonald timber truss road bridges remaining in New South Wales. Timber truss road bridges were extensively used in New South Wales because of the high quality of local hardwoods and the shortage of steel during the early decades of settlement of the state. The timber truss was highly developed for bridges in New South Wales, perhaps more so than anywhere else in the world at that time. The McDonald truss is a significant evolutionary link in the development of timber road bridges in New South Wales and has three standard span lengths, 65 ft (19.96m), 75 ft (22.86m) and 90 ft (27.43m). McKanes Falls Bridge is one of two with a 27.43m span and one of two in a double span configuration.