About Harbour Bridge :

The Sydney Harbour Bridge (Sydney's greatest tourism icon) - on a par with San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, New York's Statue of Liberty, London's Tower Bridge and the Eiffel Tower in Paris - took eight years to build and opened in March 1932. Once nicknamed the 'coathanger' it is now simply called 'the bridge' by Sydneysiders.

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Linking the city with North Sydney, it carries eight lanes of road traffic and two railway tracks which form part of the city's rail suburban network.The Sydney Harbour Bridge has a pair of granite clad pylons at each end, they are actually there for show and do not support the great arch which is 530 metres (1650 feet) long and connected to huge hinges tied to bedrock at either end technically Dawes Point in the south and Milsons Point in the north.

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The road and railway track hangs from the arch, 59 metres (194 feet) above sea level. Taking into account the road approaches, 'the bridge' is 1150 metres or about a mile long. There are 58,000 tons of steel in the bridge, the arch of which was built from both ends and met in the middle. Steel supports for the road and rail platform were 'hung' beginning at the middle to the pylons. Its two eastern lanes were originally tram tracks, converted when Sydney abolished its trams in the 1950s.


The south-east pylon of the bridge includes a lookout for the less adventurous. The entrance is from Cumberland Street at the edge of The Rocks, close to the Shangri-La Hotel. There are about 200 steps to the lookout, which is enough of a challenge for some. Open daily, The Pylon Lookout is one of Sydney's oldest tourist attractions. Walkers can cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge on either the eastern or western side. Both walkways are fenced with steel and wire and perfectly safe. They offer great views up Sydney Harbour and the Parramatta River.

The eastern side is the more popular, with entrances off Cumberland Street in The Rocks in the south and Milsons Point railway station in the north. The entrance to the western walkway is near Milsons Point in the north and Observatory Hill in the south (access from Kent Street). One can walk from the city and catch a train back to Wynyard or Town Hall. It takes about 20 minutes to cross the bridge. Bicycles are allowed on the Cycle way which is on the western side of the bridge.