Anzac Bridge. Sydney. NSW. Australia.
S 33° 52.140 E 151° 11.100
56H E 332121 N 6250886
The Anzac Bridge formerly known as the Glebe Island Bridge, is a large cable-stayed bridge spanning Johnstons Bay between Pyrmont and Rozelle in proximity to the central business district of Sydney.
Waymark Code: WM566G
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 11/17/2008
Views: 32
Anzac Bridge is the longest cable-stayed bridge in Australia, and amongst the longest in the world. The bridge is 32.2 metres (105.6 ft) wide and the main span is 345 metres (1131.9 ft) long. The reinforced concrete pylons are 120 metres (393.7 ft) high and support the deck by two planes of stay cables.
Opened in December 1995, at a cost of $170 million, it provides a key link between Sydney City and the suburbs to the west.
The bridge was given its current name on Remembrance Day in 1998 to honour the memory of the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) served in World War I. An Australian Flag flies atop the eastern pylon and a New Zealand Flag flies atop the western pylon. A bronze memorial statue of an Australian ANZAC soldier ("digger") holding a Lee Enfield rifle pointing down was placed on the western end of the bridge on ANZAC Day in 2000. A statue of a New Zealand soldier was added to a plinth across the road from the Australian Digger, facing towards the east, and unveiled by Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark in the presence of Premier of New South Wales Morris Iemma on Sunday 27 April 2008.
Amongst the locals, the bridge has earned the seductive nickname "Madonna's Bra" for its symetrical pointed shape of cone-shaped spaghetti steel ribbons, as opposed to the "Coat Hanger" (Sydney Harbour Bridge).
Date Completed: 12/03/1995
Usage: Automobile
Length: Total length is over 800m.
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