Knapsack Viaduct — Attraction in Sydney

A beautiful, short walk to the viaduct. It is relatively flat with the slightest slope up to the viaduct.

This was originally the location of a railway up towards the mountain through sidings that you can still walk through (with the remnants of an old train platform). This was before the new tracks over at Lapstone were built and favoured. From my understanding, at some point, the old great Western highway utilised the viaduct before the M4 was built and connected to part of the great Western highway. If you continue past the viaduct, you will reach the m4. And at the other end of the bridge, you an still see markings on the asphalt from its time as a road, before it was converted to a walking track.

If you continue up the stairs after the viaduct , it'll lead you towards the old train platform and sidings. You can always walk down under the bridge to see the small creek that...

The bridge/viaduct is pretty amazing if you like and appreciate such structures. It’s a shame the local council have now put in parking meters at $12/hr! FFS, nothing turns people away more than extortionate parking fees! The top of the viaduct needs a clean too. It would take a contractor one night to gurney it back to its original state and would look amazing. Perhaps the council should consider that before inflicting more pain to our cost of living with parking charges! Then again, knowing local councils, if it’s not raising revenue, diverse, inclusive, balanced, harmonic or some other leftist woke garbage, they’re not...

Knapsack viaduct bridge is a beautiful old bridge that was originally built to carry trains up to the Lapstone Zigzag and later traffic on the Great Western Highway. It can now be easily accessed from Emu Plains via the old GWH to the Junction of Mitchell's Pass where it is an easy 10-15 min walk to the bridge. For the more adventurous, access via the Lucasville Platform or from Elizabeth Lookout is available. As of January substantial work to paths down from Elizabeth LO has closed accessed from here as well as access under the bridge itself. This is due to be completed soon and will make these paths much safer and...