Glebe Island Bridge

Glebe Island Bridge
Glebe Island Bridge in a permanently open position
Coordinates	33°52′06″S 151°11′09″E / 33.8682°S 151.1857°E / -33.8682; 151.1857
Carries	Bank Street
Crosses	Johnstons Bay
Locale	Rozelle – Pyrmont, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Maintained by	Transport for NSW
Preceded by	Blackbutts Bridge
Followed by	Anzac Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Swing Allan truss
Material	Steel
Trough construction	Timber
Total length	108 metres (353 ft 6 in)
Width	15 metres (50 ft)
Height	6 metres (20 ft)
Longest span	58 metres (191 ft)
No. of spans	3
History
Engineering design by	Percy Allan Ernest de Burgh H. H. Dare J. J. Bradfield J. W. Roberts
Constructed by	H. McKenzie and Sons
Construction start	1899
Construction end	1903
Opened	1 July 1903
Closed	2 December 1995
Replaces	Blackbutts Bridge (1862–1903)
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	Glebe Island Bridge; RMS Bridge No. 61
Type	State heritage (built)
Designated	29 November 2013
Reference no.	1914
Type	Road Bridge
Category	Transport – Land
Builders	Bridges Branch of NSW Public Works Department
Register of the National Estate
Official name	Glebe Island Bridge, Bank St, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
Type	Historic
Designated	19 April 1989
Reference no.	15949
Location
References
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The Glebe Island Bridge is a heritage-listed disused swing Allan truss road bridge that carried Victoria Road (as Bank Street) across Johnstons Bay, located in the inner city Sydney suburb of Pyrmont in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The bridge, that connected Rozelle to Pyrmont by road, is one of the last remaining swing bridges of its type in Australia and in the world. It was designed by Percy Allan and built from 1899 to 1903 by Bridges Branch of NSW Public Works Department. It is also known as RMS Bridge No. 61. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 29 November 2013^[1] and was listed on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate on 19 April 1989.^[2]