Cunninyeuk, New South Wales Explained

Type:	town
Cunninyeuk
State:	nsw
Coordinates:	-35.25°N 198°W
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in New South Wales
Lga:	Murray River Council
Postcode:	2734
County:	Wakool
Stategov:	Murray
Fedgov:	Farrer
Dist1:	55
Location1:	Moulamein
Dist2:	35
Location2:	Dilpurra

Cunninyeuk is a locality in the Murray River Council, New South Wales, Australia.^[1]

Geography

Cunninyeuk is in the western part of the Riverina and situated about 35km (22miles) by road east of Dilpurra and 55km (34miles) south west of Moulamein.

Heritage listings

Gee Gee Bridge was a heritage-listed bridge on Nooroon Road over the Wakool River connecting Cunninyeuk with neighbouring Wetuppa.^[2] However it was delisted from the heritage register on 2 March 2018^[3] to allow a new bridge to be built to replace it as part of the Roads & Maritime Services Timber Truss Bridge Strategy. Work commenced in September 2018 with the new bridge opening in May 2020.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cunninyeuk. New South Wales Geographical Names Board. https://web.archive.org/web/20190309234911/http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/place_naming/placename_search/extract?id=MnjLjztLMa. 9 March 2019. live. 10 March 2019.
2. 01469. EF14/5765. 2 June 2018.
3. Web site: Minister's decisions on heritage listings. https://web.archive.org/web/20180515160003/http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/minister.aspx. 15 May 2018. live. 16 January 2019. dmy-all.
4. Web site: Gee Gee Bridge replacement. Roads & Maritime Services. en. 2019-01-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180610203907/http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/projects/south-western/replacement-gee-gee-bridge/index.html. 2018-06-10. live.
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20211221073437/https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/about/news-events/news/ministerial/2020/200501-new-gee-gee-bridge-opens-to-traffic-ahead-of-schedule.html New Gee Gee Bridge opens to traffic ahead of schedule