Manilla Trestle Bridge

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Staying in a motel nearby I saw this trestle bridge which according to the motel owner hasn't seen a train since 1974. The locals want to turn the line into a cycle way and footpath. Manilla is on the now disused Barraba Branch line. The line branched off at Tamworth and headed north west to Manilla and Barraba. There is a third town of Bingara but the further north they went the hard construction became and so Bingara was never served by rail. This trestle bridge has recently had a structural engineer inspect it and his report is of a bridge in remarkably good condition despite having little to no maintenance done to it.