{{Use Australian English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox bridge |bridge_name = Thornes Bridge |image= |caption= |locale=[[Goulburn]]–[[Brisbane Grove]] boundary, New South Wales, Australia |carries=Braidwood Road |crosses=[[Mulwaree River]] |open=1920 |design= [[Allan truss]] |designer=[[Percy Allan]] |closed=2002 |mainspan= {{convert|27.4|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} |length= {{convert|100.8|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} |width= {{convert|5.5|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} |material=wood |spans=9 |coordinates={{coord|-34.78143|149.70616}}}}
The '''Thornes Bridge''' was a timber [[Allan truss]]-type bridge that spanned the [[Mulwaree River]] between [[Goulburn]] and [[Brisbane Grove]] in [[New South Wales]], Australia. It was a rare example of a bridge of this type built after [[World War I]]. It was built in 1920 by J.J. McPhillips, and was designed by [[Percy Allan]].
==Description== Thornes Bridge was a timber Allan truss bridge, {{convert|100.8|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} in length. The main span of the bridge was {{convert|27.4|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} long.<ref name="RMSheritage">{{cite web | url=http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=heritage.show&id=4300163 | title=Thornes Bridge over Mulwaree River | publisher=[[Roads & Maritime Services]] | work=Heritage and Conservation Register | orig-year=1999| year=2009 | access-date=31 August 2013}}</ref>
Due to its significance to the region, the original bridge had been listed on the NSW State Heritage Register.<ref name="NSWheritage">{{cite web | url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=4300163 | title=Thornes Bridge Over Mulwaree River | publisher=[[Office of Environment & Heritage]] | work=State Heritage Register | orig-year=1999| year=2009 | access-date=31 August 2013}}</ref>
The bridge is no longer in use, having been superseded in 2002. It was progressively dismantled in 2013.<ref name="RMSremoval">{{cite web | url=http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadprojects/projects/south_eastern_region/thornes_bridge/index.html | title=Removal of original Thornes Bridge | publisher=Roads & Maritime Services | date=11 July 2013 | access-date=31 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004230321/http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roadprojects/projects/south_eastern_region/thornes_bridge/index.html |archive-date=4 October 2013}}</ref>
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{{Road infrastructure in regional New South Wales|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Road bridges in New South Wales]] [[Category:Allan truss bridges]] [[Category:Bridges designed by Percy Allan]] [[Category:Goulburn Mulwaree Council]] [[Category:Bridges completed in 1920]] [[Category:1920 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:2002 disestablishments in Australia]] [[Category:Demolished bridges in Australia]]