The Lockyer Creek bridge is an example of the early use of reinforced concrete in bridge building in Australia. It was only 10 years earlier, that a bridge of significant size using this technique was built in France. The Camille de Hogues bridge (named for a town mayor) was built in 1899, over the Vienne River in Chatellerault. This road bridge had a strategic purpose - to join the commercial part of town to the armament works on the west side of the river. Another multi-arched stone bridge 500 metres to the north, was built around 1600. Like the Camille de Hogues bridge, it is now classed as a National Monument. I visited both bridges in 2014, the area being only 3/4 hour south of Tours in the Loire valley.

Unlike the Lockyer Creek bridge, with its separated spandrel arches, these 3 arches are constructed in a solid section, with vertical pillars supporting the deck.

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For more information on this bridge, including a 2009 refurbishment of a central foundation, see http://structurae.net/structures/camille-de-hogues-bridge