 The first crossing over the wider reaches of the lower Glenelg was constructed out of wood in 1893 in Nelson.It was replaced by the current steel cantilever bridge in 1963.The Glenelg River rises at an elevation of above sea level below The Chimney Pots within the Grampians National Park, on the eastern slopes of the Victoria Range, and west of the Serra Range, within the Grampian Range.