Historical information

A new bridge over the Snowy River at Orbost was opened for traffic on June 20th 1922. It was a new timber and steel girder structure, a joint Country Roads Board — Victorian Railways venture and was built and completed at a cost of £41,000 (the steel girders came from the Flinders Street viaduct reconstruction). Subsequently it was decided not to take the railway across the river, and the bridge was only ever used by road traffic.

Significance

Postcards form a vital part of social and historical records for researchers. This postcard is a pictorial record of an earlier bridge across the Snowy River at Orbost.

Physical description

A black / white postcard photograph of a bridge over the Snowy River at Orbost.

Inscriptions & markings

0n front - The Rose Series P1200 copyright
Bridge Over Snowy River Orbost Vic.