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August 1999
Looking at the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge with Luna Park to the left.

Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Harbour Bridge joins the Northern suburbs of Sydney at Milsons Point to the Southern City Centre at Dawes Point. The bridge is an icon for Sydney to the rest of the world. It represents engineering excellence positioned across one of the world's most beautiful harbours. When Sydney celebrates, its bridge is the centre piece of some amazing firework displays.

The bridge is the world's widest longspan bridge with 8 vehicle lanes, 2 train lines, 1 footway and 1 cycleway.

Statistics

Tenders Invited	1922
Total Length	1149 metres
Width	49 metres
Arch Span	134 metres above Sea Level
Steel Weight	52,800 tonnes
Cost	4,217,721 Pounds 11 shillings 10 Pence
Officially Opened	Saturday 19th March 1932

 

History

The work on the bridge was invited for tender and awarded to English firm Dorman Long and Co after Dr J Bradfield with NSW Department officers envisioned and drew up the bridge's design. Dr Bradfield also supervised the bridge's construction work. Today the highway across the bridge honours him, by being named after him.

On 19 March, 1999 the bridge was officially opened to the public, but not before a memorable incident. Captain Francis De Groot mistakenly slashed the ribbon with is sword prior to having the Bridge officially declared opened by the NSW State's Premier, the Hon John.T Lang.

Today

Today the bridge continues to allow traffic, trains, pedestrians to cross between the two points. For those people who are a little more adventurous, they can legally climb and walk along the arch for a fee (see Bridgeclimb for details).