Q150 bridge naming project: North Coast Region
Q150 bridge names announced
The Honourable Craig Wallace MP, Minister for Main Roads, recently announced new bridge names to celebrate Queensland's 150th birthday. The department would like to thank local communities for making the bridge naming such a success. The names chosen reflect the communities' input, local history or an important local identity.
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Six Mile Creek Bridge on Beerburrum Road at Elimbah has been named Hammond Bridge. The Hammond family was one of the most prominent to establish themselves in Elimbah in its early days, with generations of the family residing in Elimbah since the early 1920’s. Some of the family’s descendants still reside there today.
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Belli Creek Crossing No. 2 on Eumundi–Kenilworth Road has been named Murrays Flat Crossing. The Murray family were early settlers of the Belli Park community who ran a local hotel built in 1868 near Belli Creek Crossing No. 2. This hotel serviced Cobb and Co coaches en route to the goldfields in Gympie. The Murray’s assisted tired and unwell travellers and exchanged horses after their climb up the Blackall range. The hotel was seen as one of the earliest community service centres in the Belli Park area.
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East Eudlo Creek Crossing on Maroochydore Road has been named Hungerford Bridge. Ted Hungerford was a well known member of the community and lived on a small farm on the Eudlo Creek Flats in the early 1900’s. During times of flooding, Mr Hungerford would tow numerous stranded drivers through the area showing his devout community spirit.
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Eudlo Creek Crossing on Maroochydore Road will retain this name because of its cultural heritage significance.
Last updated: 06 November 2009
