Long Gully Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 33°49′00″S 151°12′44″E / 33.8168°S 151.2123°E |
Carries | Strathallen Avenue |
Crosses | Flat Rock Creek |
Locale | Cammeray, Northbridge, New South Wales, Australia |
Other name(s) | Northbridge; Suspension Bridge; Cammeray Bridge |
Characteristics | |
Design | Victorian Gothic arch bridge |
Material | Sydney sandstone |
Trough construction | Concrete |
Height | 51 metres (167 ft) |
Longest span | Original timber deck: 152 metres (500 ft) Current concrete deck: 105 metres (344 ft) |
No. of spans | 1 |
History | |
Architect | D. Ross |
Constructed by | Hornibrook Bros, Clark Pty Ltd |
Opened | January 1892 |
New South Wales Heritage Database (Local Government Register) | |
Type | Local heritage (built) |
Criteria | a., c., e., e., f. |
Designated | 30 May 2011 |
Reference no. | I229 |
Type | Transport – Land |
Category | Road bridge |
Location | |
The Long Gully Bridge, also known as Northbridge, Suspension Bridge, and Cammeray Bridge, is a concrete arch road bridge that carries Strathallen Avenue across Flat Rock Creek and Tunks Park, and connects the suburbs of Cammeray, in the North Sydney Council local government area to its south, with Northbridge in the City of Willoughby local government area to its north, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Privately-built to promote residential development in the suburb of Northbridge and beyond, the bridge opened in January 1892 as a steel suspension bridge finished in Sydney sandstone with crenellated turreted towers. The bridge was transferred to the Department of Main Roads in 1935 and, in 1939, was rebuilt as a reinforced concrete two rib arch bridge, with the sandstone towers kept.[1][2][3][4]