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560:, and when the bridge is in the open position a navigation channel of 80 feet (24 m) wide is created. At the Mosman end the slab and two column piers rest on concrete piles driven into the sands of the harbour bed at a depth of between 40 and 50 feet (12 and 15 m). At the Manly end the harbour bottom slopes up steeply to outcropping rock on which the northern abutment sits. Piers 5 and 6 are double cylinder piers sitting on bedrock below the harbour bed. The main pier which supports the bascule span is Pier 4. It rests on four cylinders taken down to sandstone bedrock at a depth of between 45 and 75 feet (14 and 23 m) which is 75 and 105 feet (23 and 32 m) below mean sea level. The pier is box-like and supports all machinery for the operation of the bascule, including the operator's cabin. The approaches and abutments at each end are varied due to the nature of the topography. The southern abutment is built up from the sandy beach level and has a retaining wall faced with stone on either side. The northern abutment is resting directly on the rock on the western side and is built up on the eastern side with a retaining wall. Due to the variation in ground level on each shore there is a grade of 2.68% from south to north. Traffic across the bridge is regulated by traffic lights at either end (located at the end of Spans 2 and 6) and by roadway gates which operate as the bridge is about to open. 538: 464: 2355: 1955: 1945: 1935: 1925: 1915: 1905: 1895: 1786: 1776: 724: 1885: 1875: 1865: 1855: 1845: 1835: 1816: 1766: 1756: 1746: 1727: 1706: 1696: 1677: 1633: 682: 97: 710: 696: 2375: 2365: 553:
of 5 feet (1.5 m) on either side. There are three spans at either end of the opening span. Each of the six fixed spans have four welded plate girders as the main members, with cross girders, but without stringers or horizontal bracing. The concrete deck is dowelled to the steelwork. The opening span (Span 4) is a single-leaf bascule. It has two main girders, with cross girders and stringers, covered by an open mesh steel deck.
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The Spit Bridge over Middle Harbour can be described as a steel and concrete girder bridge with a bascule lift span. The Spit Bridge comprises 7 spans of a total length of 745 feet 6 inches (227.23 m), has four traffic lanes with a width of 44 feet (13 m) and a pedestrian walkway
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announced in August 2006 that tenders had been called for widening of the bridge to six lanes, with two extra traffic lanes and a pedestrian/cycleway being added on the western side, and upgrades to the lifting mechanism. Construction was to have begun in 2007, however, the project was scrapped in
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said would cover a 205-metre-long concrete bridge, resting on 18 arches of varying lengths, with two sets of tram lines, two roadways and two footpaths. Eventually, in late 1923, the Council decided to build a bridge itself on a cost of £40,000 to £60,000 with a low height design made from timber
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Traffic delays either side of The Spit Bridge have been a problem for many years, not only on the approaches to the bridge itself, but also far up the hills on either side. Proposals to ameliorate delays have included widening the bridge, a tunnel linking the Warringah Expressway and the
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In 1924, The (first) Spit Bridge was completed and opened. By 1927 the timber low–level bridge saw a 60% growth over that of the punt for the year prior to the bridge opening. The amount of traffic using the bridge was higher than expected and the subsequent revenue from
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May of that year. According to the government this was due to technical and engineering difficulties, according to the opposition it was because of political considerations. The increased cost estimates to $ 115 million were deemed to be not justifiable by the
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Various plans were considered to reduce congestion including a high-level bridge and a bridge further upstream, leaving the existing bridge for local traffic; however none were enacted until after
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found that traffic either side of the bridge doesn't return to normal for 15 minutes after the bridge is opened and reduced the number of bridge opening times.
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announced that the NSW Government will provide $ 77 million towards the construction of a tunnel to bypass The Spit Bridge as part of the
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The two footways are of concrete on the fixed spans, and steel on the bascule span. The piers either side of the opening span are flanked by
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area first requested a bridge in the 1870s and the first plans for one were made in the following decade. In 1912, Member of Parliament
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The Spit Bridge was listed on the Roads & Traffic Authority heritage and conservation register on 24 November 2003:
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to The Spit, linked to a new, higher bridge that would be able to let boats through without the need to be opened.
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The Spit Bridge forms part of the route from the Sydney central business district and Lower North Shore suburbs to
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and the Northern Beaches. The next crossing of Middle Harbour is some distance upstream (north-west) at
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from Cammeray and cross underneath Middle Harbour to meet up with the Burnt Bridge Creek deviation at
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In 1922, the cost of a bridge was estimated at £150,000 by the Public Works Committee, a price that
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that was 213m long, with a roadway 5.5m wide and room for one covered footpath, but no tram lines.
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lobbied the State Government to build a bridge, but was told that the planned construction of the
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system established, while the approaches to it have three lanes in each direction. In 2007, the
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had commenced in 1952 and after delays was completed in 1958; and opened on 19 November 1958.
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service began in 1850 and continued until 1889, when it was replaced by a steam punt.
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project. The tunnel, which is expected to take five years to build, will connect the
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were serviced initially by a rowing boat from as early as 1829. A hand-operated
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are located on the bridge's western (upriver) and eastern (downriver) sides.
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that would run underground beneath Military Road. In 2017, NSW Premier
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pushed the issue aside but more calls for a bridge were made in 1919.
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The bridge has two traffic lanes in each direction, with a
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Moves to finally fix Sydney's Spit Bridge once and for all
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Construction of the (first) Spit Bridge in 1924. The
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Bridge across the Middle Harbour in Sydney, Australia
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Index


bascule
deck
Coordinates
33°48′09″S 151°14′46″E / 33.8025°S 151.2462°E / -33.8025; 151.2462
The Spit Road
Motor vehicles
Grade-separated
pedestrian
cycleway
Middle Harbour
The Spit
Sydney
New South Wales
Mosman
Seaforth
Transport for NSW
Roads & Maritime Services
Roseville Bridge
Girder bridge
bascule lift
span
lanes
NSW Department of Main Roads
Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company

Daily traffic
girder bridge
bascule lift
span

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