Bradfield Highway Cahill Expressway North Shore railway line footpath cycleway
Crosses
Port Jackson
Locale
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Begins
Dawes Point
Ends
Milsons Point
Owner
Transport for NSW
Maintained by
Transport for NSW
Preceded by
Gladesville Bridge
Characteristics
Design
Through arch bridge
Trough construction
Steel
Pier construction
Granite-faced concrete
Total length
1,149 m (3,770 ft)
Width
48.8 m (160 ft)
Height
134 m (440 ft)
Longest span
503 m (1,650 ft)
No. of spans
1
Clearance below
49 m (161 ft) at mid-span
No. of lanes
8
Rail characteristics
No. of tracks
2
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrified
1500 V DC overhead
History
Constructed by
Dorman Long & Co
Construction start
28 July 1923 (1923-07-28)
Construction end
19 January 1932 (1932-01-19)
Opened
19 March 1932 (1932-03-19)
Inaugurated
19 March 1932 (1932-03-19)
Replaced by
Sydney Harbour Tunnel (concurrent use since 1992)
Statistics
Toll
Time-of-day (southbound only)
Australian National Heritage List
Official name
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Bradfield Hwy, Dawes Point - Milsons Point, NSW, Australia
Type
National Heritage List
Designated
19 March 2007
Reference no.
105888
Class
Historic
Place File No.
1/12/036/0065
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name
Sydney Harbour Bridge, approaches and viaducts (road and rail); Pylon Lookout; Milsons Point Railway Station; Bradfield Park; Bradfield Park North; Dawes Point Park; Bradfield Highway
Type
State heritage (complex / group)
Designated
25 June 1999
Reference no.
781
Type
Road Bridge
Category
Transport – Land
Location
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, spanning Sydney Harbour from the central business district (CBD) to the North Shore. The view of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is widely regarded as an iconic image of Sydney, and of Australia itself. Nicknamed "The Coathanger" because of its arch-based design, the bridge carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic.[1][2]
Under the direction of John Bradfield of the New South Wales Department of Public Works, the bridge was designed and built by British firm Dorman Long of Middlesbrough, and opened in 1932.[3][4] The bridge's general design, which Bradfield tasked the NSW Department of Public Works with producing, was a rough copy of the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City. The design chosen from the tender responses was original work created by Dorman Long, who leveraged some of the design from its own Tyne Bridge.[5]
It is the tenth-longest spanning-arch bridge in the world and the tallest steel arch bridge, measuring 134 m (440 ft) from top to water level.[6] It was also the world's widest long-span bridge, at 48.8 m (160 ft) wide, until construction of the new Port Mann Bridge in Vancouver was completed in 2012.[7][8]
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^"Port Mann Bridge". Transportation Investment Corporation. British Columbia: Province of British Columbia. 2007. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012. Once complete, the new 10-lane Port Mann Bridge will the second largest and longest cable-supported bridge in North America, and at 65 metres wide it will be the widest bridge in the world.
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