From the Maitland Mercury report:
Timber bridges in Maitland could soon be history with one of the last of three Maitland City Council-owned structures to be demolished and replaced this month.
Trappaud Road Bridge is scheduled to be removed from October 24, as part of a $1.7 million project paid for under the Local NSW Infrastructure Fund for a new bridge and road realignment.
It will leave Melville Ford and Dagworth as the city’s only timber bridges.
Morpeth Bridge is the responsibility of the state government.
Full article by Briony Snedden availabe at Maitland Mercury, 18 Oct, 2011.