The masonry piers of this bridge used to carry a Bennett Truss Bridge
Many Bennett truss bridges were replaced with Allan trusses because the very large timbers required to maintain Bennett trusses were increasingly hard to obtain
Fully refurbished in 2010
When this bridge was refurbished, there were some minor modifications from original detailing to improve durability, but no strengthening or safety improvements were done at the time
FAST FACTS
Constructed: 1898
Current Status: Operational
Strategy: Retained
Listings: SHR, S170, LEP, National Trust
ENGINEERING DETAILS
Truss Type:
90’ Allan Truss
Geometry: 3 truss spans, 3 approach spans, total length approximately 105 m.
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ABOUT THE BRIDGE:
Rossi Bridge is named in honour of the Rossi Family, a prominent landholder and settlers family in the Goulburn area. The bridge is located on the 2560-acre grant awarded to Francis Nicholas Rossi by Governor Darling in 1826. The land stayed in possession of the Rossi Family until the New South Wales Government acquired it in 1890.
Francis Nicholas Rossi was born on Corsica in 1776 and joined the British Army in 1795 as an ensign in an Anglo-Corsican battalion. After a successful military career that saw him serve in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), he was appointed aide-de-camp to Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar, Governor of Mauritius. Rossi left Mauritius in 1823 and accepted an offer from Earl Bathurst, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, for the post of superintendent of police in New South Wales.
Rossi arrived in New South Wales in 1825 and assumed his duties as superintendent of police. As an experienced administrator, Rossi was largely successful in improving the efficiency of Sydney’s police forces, although hamstrung by insufficient resources, low-quality recruits and bureaucratic obstacles. He received several land grants while holding the position, including the 2560-acre grant in Goulburn he named ‘Rossiville’. Rossi retired from his public position in 1834 and moved to his Goulburn land holding, where he lived up until his death on 26 November 1851. Rossi was succeeded by his son, Francis Robert Louis Rossi, who inherited Rossiville.[1]
Figure: Rossiville Estate 
Source: https://hlrv.nswlrs.com.au/
Source: https://hlrv.nswlrs.com.au/ References
[1] Hazel King, 'Rossi, Francis Nicholas (1776–1851)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rossi-francis-nicholas-2610/text3595, published first in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 17 August 2021.