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Genoa Bridge

Point of Interest

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Alexanders Road, Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria.

vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/67916

Description

This free point of interest offers walking tracks. It is dog friendly. No camping or overnight parking allowed. The Genoa River Bridge is historically and architecturally significant at State level. It is one of only five timber truss bridges to survive in Victoria, and of these, the Genoa Bridge has the maximum number of truss spans. Let out to tender in 1925 and completed in 1927, it is the only surviving example of a multi-span timber-truss bridge built by the Country Roads Board. Many Country Roads Board bridges were built during the 1920s with 80 feet span trusses of a standard design based on the American Howe type. While two other examples of this historic Country Roads Board timber-truss pattern survive, also in Gippsland, these only possess a single timber-truss span and simple beam approach spans, and are much less visually impressive.