Sydney Harbour Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 33°51′08″S 151°12′38″E / 33.85222°S 151.21056°E |
| Carries | 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 |
| Construction start | 28 July 1923 |
| Construction end | 19 January 1932 |
| Opened | 19 March 1932 |
| Inaugurated | 19 March 1932 |
| Replaced by | Sydney Harbour Tunnel (concurrent use since 1992) |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | Time-of-day (southbound only) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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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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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.