Sydney Harbour Bridge - Arch Bridges on Waymarking.com

This is double-hinged single-arch bridge. It is the highest steel arch bridge in the world. It has six lanes of vehicle traffic, a pedestrian lane, and a bicycle path. It used to carry two railway tracks to service the underground subway system, but they were decommissioned in the 1950s due to the increase of vehicle traffic.

Construction started in 1924 and was completed in 1932. It took 1400 people to build the bridge. 16 laborers lives were lost during construction.

It has a bridge climbing tour where, for a fee, you can climb up to the top of the arch and see the fantastic view of the city.

Each bearing pin of the hinges is 4.2 meters long and 368mm in diameter
It has approximately 6 million rivets
It has a total of 52,800 tons of steel including the approaches
The arch itself weighs 39,000 tons
There is 95,000 cubic meters of concrete

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Length of bridge: 1149 meters including the approaches Height of bridge: 139 meters What type of traffic does this bridge support?: Vehicles, pedestrian, cycles What kind of gap does this bridge cross?: Sydney harbor Date constructed: 19 March 1932 Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: Yes Name of road or trail the bridge services: Bradfied Highway Location: Downtown Sydney

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