Macquarie Culvert | |
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Coordinates | 33°51′54″S151°13′1.7″E / 33.86500°S 151.217139°E |
Carries | Pedestrian traffic |
Locale | Royal Botanic Gardens, The Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Official name | Macquarie Culvert |
History | |
Construction start | 1813 |
Construction end | 1816 |
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The Macquarie Culvert is a double brick culvert under the original Mrs Macquarie's Road (also known as Lady Macquarie's Road [1] ) in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia. [2] The culvert was probably built at the same time as the original road, between 1813 and 1816, [1] making it almost certainly the oldest bridge in Australia. [2]
The original Mrs Macquarie's Road ran from the original Government House (now the Museum of Sydney) to Yurong or Anson Point, [3] [4] now known as Mrs Macquarie's Point. [1] [2] It was built on the instruction of Governor Lachlan Macquarie for the benefit of his wife Elizabeth. [2] There is no other remaining evidence of the original road. [1]