Structurae

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General Information

Structural Type:	Lattice truss bridge Pony truss bridge
Function / usage:	original use: Railroad (railway) bridge current use: Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)
Completed in:	1885
Status:	in use

Geographic Information & Related Structures

Location:	Como, New South Wales, Australia, Australia and Oceania Oatley, New South Wales, Australia, Australia and Oceania
Crosses	Georges River

Technical Information

Chronology

26 December 1885	Illawarra Line officially opened and bridge used for celebrations.
November 1972	Decommissioned after reinforced concrete bridge built parallel to it,
December 1985	The bridge is re-opened for pedestrian traffic.

Notes

The Como Rail Bridge is one of twelve lattice truss bridges ordered, imported and constructed for the Railway Department of New South Wales, Australia [from 1871 to 1887] Eleven of these lattice truss bridges survive.