Overview
Identifiers
Alternate Site Codes
9/2/242/0010, SAHRA File Reference Number
Inventory Number
2529CD1
Site Name
Meyer's Bridge, Little Olifants River, Middelburg
Site Category
Structures » Bridge
Historical/alternative Site Name
Other language, Meyersbrug
Descriptions
Site History

The bridge was built under Act No. 698, passed on 16th October, 1895, by the Executive Council. The building contractor was an Italian by the name of Celso Gin. The bridge was named in honour of Isaac Johannes Meyer, who represented Middelburg in the Second ‘Volksraad’. The total cost was R23 620.

 

Construction Date: 1896

Record Administration
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sahrisprojectmanager
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:29
Last modified
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 - 11:27
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Meyer's Bridge, Little Olifants River, Middelburg
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
Bridge
Associated People
History of use
Location
Location
Mapping
-25.76115, 29.473513
Mpumalanga
  • Nkangala
  • Steve Tshwete
Site Address

Meyer Street (R555)
Middleburg
South Africa

Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Street Address
Land Parcel Reference
Middelburg
Location notes
Bridge over the Klein-olifantsrivier. Part of the old Meyer Street that runs parallel to the current Meyer Street, on the East side.
Directions to Site
Access to the road is at the corner of Meyer Street and Brug Street. Head North to the Klein-olifantsrivier.
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 249573
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Relevant Heritage Authority
SAHRA
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment

archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

Statement of Significance

Meyer's Bridge is one of the fine stone bridges built by the South African Republic. It was built in 1896.

Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 220177
Declaration Type
Provincial Heritage Site
Declaration Description

A historical monument site with the bridge, known as Meyer's Bridge, thereon. situate on the farm Middelburg Town and Townlands 287 JS, Province of the Transvaal, as indicated in Diagram S.G. 4604/67, surveyed by surveyor V. C. Barnes in July 1967.

Gazette Date
Gazette Number
2156
Gazette Notice Status
Current
Notice Date
Notice Number
1571
Diagram Number
S.G. 4604/67
Archive Status
National monument
The Declaration Notice for the Meyer's Bridge, Little Olifants River, Middelburg (439.22 KB)
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