User:JRG/Bridges of Sydney
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Sydney Harbour is the main waterway running through Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Together with its tributaries, the Parramatta River and the Lane Cove River, it is crossed by several major bridges, one tunnel and one car ferry from the Sydney Harbour Bridge downsteam at the most easterly point to the beginnings of the two rivers at its most westerly:
Sydney Harbour & Parramatta River Crossings[edit]
| # | Name | Usage | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney Harbour Tunnel | vehicles | Opened August 1992. Reinforced concrete immersed tube (IMT) tunnel. 2.3 km long, including 960 immersed tube section. |
| 2 | Sydney Harbour Bridge | vehicles, rail, pedestrians & cyclists (trams until 1958) |
Opened March 1932. Single arch steel design. 503 metres (1,650 ft) main span. |
| 3 | Gladesville Bridge | vehicles, cyclists & pedestrians |
Opened October 1964. Single span concrete arch design. 300 metres (984 ft) span. |
| 4 | Mortlake Punt | vehicles & pedestrians | Established May 1928. Rope/Cable-guided ferry. |
| 5 | Ryde Bridge (southbound) |
vehicles & pedestrians |
Opened November 1988. Reinforced concrete design. |
| 6 | Ryde Bridge (northbound) |
vehicles, cyclists & pedestrians |
Opened December 1935. Steel truss with lift design. |
| 7 | Meadowbank Railway Bridge | pedestrians & cyclists (rail until 1980) |
Opened 1886. Iron lattice design. 291 m span. |
| 8 | John Whitton Bridge | rail | Opened 1980. Welded steel box girder design. 291 m span. |
| 9 | Silverwater Road Bridge | vehicles, cyclists & pedestrians |
Opened November 1962. Prestressed concrete box girder design. |
| 10 | Unnamed pedestrian bridge | pedestrians & cyclists | Steel truss design. |
| 11 | Camellia Railway Bridge | rail | Welded steel truss design. Opened 1995. Replaced original bridge of same name. |
| 12 | James Ruse Drive Bridge | vehicles, cyclists & pedestrians |
Opened 1966. Prestressed concrete design. |
| 13 | Macarthur Bridge ("Gasworks Bridge") |
vehicles & pedestrians |
Opened 1885. Iron lattice design. 110m span. |
| 14 | Parramatta Weir | pedestrians | Originally built 1817. Concrete weir with concrete footbridge. |
| 15 | Elizabeth St Footbridge | pedestrians & cyclists | Reinforced concrete design. Opened 2002. |
| 16 | Barry Wilde Bridge | vehicles, cyclists & pedestrians |
? design. Opened ? |
| 17 | Lennox Bridge | vehicles, cyclists & pedestrians |
Stone arch design. Opened 1839. |
| 3 | Pyrmont Bridge | pedestrians & monorail (vehicles until 1981) |
Opened June 1902. Steel and timber swing design. 369m span. Crosses Cockle Bay. |
| 3 | Glebe Island Bridge | vehicles & pedestrians until 1996) |
Opened 1901. Steel and timber swing design. 369m span. Crosses Johnstons Bay. |
| 4 | Anzac Bridge | pedestrians & cyclists |
Opened October 2001. 450 metres (1,476 ft) long with 102 meter (335 ft) main span. |
| 5 | Victoria | vehicles & pedestrians |
Opened 1969. Replaced its namesake. |
| 6 | William Jolly | vehicles & pedestrians | Opened March 1932. Concrete arch design. 498 metres (1,634 ft) long with a 73 metre (240 ft) main span. Also known as the Grey Street Bridge. |
| 7 | Merivale | rail | Opened November 1978. Tied steel arch design. Main span 132 metre (433 ft). |
| 8 | Eleanor Schonell | busses, cyclists & pedestrians |
Opened December 2006. Cable-stayed design. 390 metres (1,280 ft) long. Formerly known as the Green Bridge. |
| 9 | Jack Pesch | pedestrians | Opened October 1998. Steel cable-stay design. |
| 10 | Albert | rail | Opened 1895. Steel truss design. Replaced its namesake. |
| 11 | Unnamed railway bridge | rail | |
| 12 | Walter Taylor | vehicles & pedestrians |
Opened February 1936. Suspension design. The bridge's towers are occupied. |
| 13 | Centenary | vehicles & pedestrians |
Concrete girder |