Woronora River Bridge
Description
The Woronora Bridge was built to eliminate the steep grades and hairpin bends on the previous route between the southern Sydney suburbs of Sutherland and Bangor. It was completed in 2001 and replaced the two-lane low level Woronora Bridge which opened in 1981, which in turn had replaced a 1912 single-lane timber bridge. The low level bridge remains in use for local traffic.
There is a grade-separated shared pedestrian footpath and cycleway on the northern side of the bridge, located just underneath the road. It can be accessed from Menai Road on the Bangor side and Prince Edward Park Road or River Road on the Sutherland side of the river.
The bridge's design was recognised with the Australian Construction Achievement Award in 2002. With a downhill grade of 4.7% at the launching abutment, it has one of the steepest downhill launchings of any incrementally launched bridge.
Gallery
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Aerial view of the low and high level bridges
See also
References
- ^ Australian Construction Achievement Award Australian Constructors Association
- ^ "Woronora River Bridge". 10 April 2010.
- ^ Woronora Bridge at Structurae. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Woronora Bridge and Linden Street widening Roads & Traffic Authority annual report 30 June 2001 page 37
- ^ Bennett, Mark V.; Taylor, A. J.; Roads & Traffic Authority (2002). "Woronora River Bridge, Sydney". Structural Engineering International. 12 (1): 28–31. doi:10.2749/101686602777965766. S2CID 110722124.
External links
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- Bridge on the Laing O’Rourke website
- Bridge on the Roads & Traffic Authority website
- The New Woronora Bridge (streaming video). NSW Roads. YouTube. 24 May 2015.
- "Woronora River Bridge, Heathcote Road, after 1943" (photo (black and white)). Sutherland Shire Library. 1943 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
- "Woronora River Bridge, ca. 1946 -- picture" (photo (black and white)). Sutherland Shire Library. 1946 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
- "NSW Main Road No. 663". OzRoads. 2005.