Dickabram Bridge to close in 2025 for repair works

Drivers used to crossing the Dickabram Bridge over the Mary River between Miva and Theebine will need to find a new route for most of the year.

Drivers used to crossing the Dickabram Bridge will need to find a new route for most of the year with the heritage bridge to be closed until late in 2025 for repairs.

Drivers used to crossing the Dickabram Bridge over the Mary River between Miva and Theebine will need to find a new route for most of the year with the heritage bridge to be closed until late in 2025 for repairs.

The Transport and Main Roads Department announced the bridge would be closed to traffic from Monday, February 3.

It would remain shut until “late 2025” to allow the department to carry out a “comprehensive program of rehabilitation works”.

The 207m rail and road bridge was originally built in 1887, and is the oldest remaining bridge of its kind in Queensland.

Fraser Coast Visitors Guide: Dickabram Bridge.

A TMR spokesman said in a statement Tuesday the repairs would “replace deteriorating components of the bridge with safer and more durable materials”.

Detours will be in place for the duration of the works and drivers are advised to plan ahead and allow extra travel time.

The bridge was last closed extensively for maintenance and repairs in 2017 and 2018, with more minor work done in 2023.

It is one of three remaining road-and-rail bridges in Australia and the only one in south east Queensland following the completion of the Burdekin Bridge in 1957.

According to Wikipedia, the Kingaroy to Theebine railway was used for agriculture and commercial freight as well as transporting passengers and was one of the first branch lines built in Queensland. The Theebine to Kingaroy line was officially closed in early 2010.

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