City of Canada Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Begins
Drummoyne (west)
Ends
Rozelle (east)
Other name(s)
RTA Bridge No. 65
Owner
Transport for NSW
Characteristics
Design
Pratt truss bridge
Material
Steel
Trough construction
Reinforced concrete
Total length
461.26 metres (1,513 ft)
Width
13.7 metres (45 ft)
Longest span
52 metres (171 ft)
No. of spans
11: 4 approach; 7 bridge
Clearance below
12 metres (39 ft)
History
Designer
Laurie Challis
Contracted lead designer
NSW Department of Main Roads
Fabrication by
Clyde Engineering Co. Ltd
Construction start
1947
Opened
July 1955 (1955-07)
Replaces
Iron Cove Bridge (1882–1955)
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name
Iron Cove Bridge; RTA Bridge No. 65
Type
State heritage (built)
Designated
21 July 2003
Reference no.
s.170
Type
Road Bridge
Category
Transport – Land
Location
References
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The Iron Cove Bridge is a heritage-listed road bridge that carries Victoria Road (A40) across Iron Cove, between the Sydney suburbs of Drummoyne and Rozelle. Iron Cove is an arm of Sydney Harbour (Port Jackson).
^"Bridge Ahoy! Iron Cove Bridge". Bridge Ahoy!. Information and Cultural Exchange. 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2015. Bridge Ahoy! A Curated tour of the Bridges of Sydney Harbour. Created for Sydney Architecture Festival 2014 by Information and Cultural Exchange. Supported By Roads and Maritime Services
The IronCoveBridge is a heritage-listed road bridge that carries Victoria Road (A40) across IronCove, between the Sydney suburbs of Drummoyne and Rozelle...
IronCove is a bay on the Parramatta River, in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately 5 kilometres...
toll-free bypass of Victoria Road between the IronCoveBridge and the Anzac Bridge known as the IronCove Link. The interchange is located at the site...
IronCove Creek (also known as Dobroyd Stormwater Channel), a southern tributary of the Parramatta River, is an urban stream west of Sydney Harbour, located...
use Beatrice Bush Bridge and cross the Crescent at the traffic lights. The IronCoveBridge consists of two bridges. The 1955 bridge has a narrow shared...
Station, Lyons Road War Memorial, Marlborough Street The Oxford Hotel IronCoveBridge Birkenhead Point Outlet Centre The waratah window of St Bede's Anglican...
moderne-style IronCoveBridge, which opened in 1955, crosses the Parramatta River linking Rozelle with the suburb of Drummoyne. Alongside the bridge on the...
the 1880s, which also saw the construction of the Fig Tree Bridge and the IronCoveBridge. It was the only crossing of the Parramatta River east of Parramatta...
Gladesville Bridge (1881) and IronCoveBridge (1882). The earlier Fig Tree Bridge was located about 50 metres (160 ft) to the west of the new bridge. Its southern...
The Bay Run is a 7-kilometre-long pedestrian and cycling circuit around IronCove passing through the suburbs of Rozelle, Lilyfield, Haberfield, Five Dock...
Pyrmont Bridge spanning Darling Harbour; the Anzac Bridge (formerly known as the Glebe Island Bridge), spanning Blackwattle Bay; the IronCoveBridge spanning...
connections to the Anzac Bridge; and IronCove Link, a one kilometre (0.62 mi) tunnel from the Rozelle Interchange to IronCoveBridge bypassing the congested...
operating from Circular Quay. Birkenhead Wharf is located adjacent to the IronCoveBridge and close to Birkenhead Point Outlet Centre. A bus stop exists nearby...
of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932. The Gladesville Bridge was followed closely by the IronCoveBridge, spanning IronCove in 1882. In 1890, a tramway...
December Hawkesbury Bridge, Sydney Working on the bridge when he fell into the river Mr. Ryland Male 1888 9 December IronCoveBridge, Sydney (Estuary)...
Balmain and Birchgrove lines. The tram then crossed the IronCoveBridge and the former Gladesville Bridge before turning right onto Blaxland Road. It then wound...
The power station was located on waterfront land, adjacent to the IronCoveBridge, and with a wharf where coal could be unloaded. It had a coal stockpile...
full view of IronCoveBridge, which crosses the IronCove Bay on the Parramatta River Tom Uglys Bridge, crossing Georges River Ryde Bridge from Meadowbank...
(built in 1931), extending from the wharf across to the western side of Manly Cove. Adjacent to the pool was a bathing pavilion which housed a diving and harbour...
14 km Harbour Bridge to Breakers(Manly), 12 km Narrabeen to Manly, 11 km Sutherland to Surf, and the Bay Run, the 7 km IronCoveBridge Circuit to taper...
on the road network, criticising the unnecessary duplication of the IronCovebridge, waste and mismanagement of Government especially the aborted CBD Metro...
Port Jackson, including Sydney Harbour, North Harbour, Middle Harbour, Lane Cove River, Parramatta River, and the islands within those waterways. Sydney now...
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