It is also the last inhabited location before Linda Valley in the West Coast Range - this section of the highway passes through the Wild Rivers National Park. In the past there were a couple of isolated houses along Lyell Highway that have been removed.
Today, Derwent Bridge features not only the bridge alluded to in its name – spanning the Derwent River –
but accommodation units, and also a roadside public house.
Derwent Bridge was gazetted as a locality in 1959.[2]
Derwent Bridge Post Office opened on 15 February 1937 and closed in 1980.[3]
Demographics
According to the 2021 Census, Derwent Bridge had a population of 40 people. Males constituted 40.9% and females 59.1% and the median age was 33. The average number of people per household was 1.4 and the median household income $1,292.[4]
Geography
The Derwent River flows through from north to south. The northern end of Lake King William protrudes into the locality.[5]
Road infrastructure
Route A10 (Lyell Highway) passes through from east to south-west. Route C193 (Lake St Clair Road) starts at an intersection with A10 and runs north-west until it exits.[2][4]
^ ab"Placenames Tasmania – Derwent Bridge". Placenames Tasmania. Select “Search”, enter "469D", click “Search”, select row, map is displayed, click “Details”. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
^ ab"Tasmanian Road Route Codes"(PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment. May 2017. Archived from the original(PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2020.