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For 150 years vehicular traffic crossed the Breede River at a pont. Near the site of the second pont the first bridge over the Breede river near Swellendam was built in the early 1890s. It is a triumph of Victorian engineering. Sections of the iron bridge were manufactured in England and assembled on site under engineer Grier. The bridge is very long (196 metres) and high above the river.