Birchenhoff Bridge connecting Masvingo and Chipingwe... PART 1

Added: 2026-05-20

[00:00:00]Welcome. I might mention that I have a passion for bridges, their construction, engineering designs, and the reasons for being built, and often the great views from the bridges.

[00:00:12]I know about your fascination, John, and that is why you have written songs about two of the greatest bridges in Rhodesia, starting with the Bridge of Steel.

[00:00:20]Yes, the Birchenough Bridge is an historic steel arch bridge about 378 m long, formerly Southern Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe, that spans the Save River, designed by Ralph Freeman, and opened in 1935.

[00:00:37]Yes, it was funded by the Beit Trust, and it cost about 145,000 pounds. [clears throat]