Today is the 100 year anniversary of the opening of Carnarvon Bridge in Stanthorpe.
The concrete bridge was opened during Stanthorpe’s 50th Jubilee in 1922.
The bridge was named after Mr Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert 4th Earl of Carnarvon. He was the Secretary of State to Colonies and related to the first Queensland Premier.
The bridge was opened during Stanthorpe’s 50th Jubilee celebrations, celebrated by a citizen’s ball on the bridge complete with fireworks in the evening.
A marble plaque was placed on the northern end of the bridge, which now resides in the Stanthorpe Historical Museum.
A wooden bridge crossing Quart Pot Creek was first built in 1878, and the concrete structure replaced this.
The first footbridge was built in the 1930s when the road leading to it was also sealed as far as Connor Street.
