Nowra Bridge, Steel truss bridge in Nowra, Australia

Nowra Bridge is a steel structure crossing the Shoalhaven River and serving as a key link in New South Wales's transport network. The bridge carries traffic between the two banks using a series of large spans supported by substantial piers.

Designed by American engineer Charles Shaler Smith, the bridge was completed in 1881 from wrought iron with a steel approach span. At 342 metres, it was New South Wales's largest bridge project until the 1889 Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge. A three-lane concrete bridge opened to its west in December 1981, and a four-lane bridge opened in February 2023.

The bridge's cast iron piers were made locally by the Atlas Foundry in Sydney, and the pairs still in place are the originals from 1881. Popular lore holds that the bridge was meant to carry a double railway track toward Jervis Bay, but it was never designed for that purpose.

The bridge carries heavy daily traffic with separate lanes for each direction of travel. Visitors can view the structure from nearby riverbanks and observe the flow of vehicles crossing throughout the day.

The bridge's pairs of cast iron piers were supplied locally by the Atlas Foundry in Sydney and are original to the 1881 structure. Popular belief holds that the bridge was built for a double railway track toward Jervis Bay, but it was never intended for that purpose.