Other workers were luckier, and were employed to work on Luna Park on the site of the former Bridge workshops at Lavender Bay. The southern pylon is situated on Dawes Point, which was the site of the former defences for Sydney Harbour.
Some of these buildings were used as the Dorman Long offices during Bridge construction and were later demolished to make way for the Bridge. The Bridge approaches cut a swathe through the neighbourhoods on either side of the Harbour, most significantly The Rocks and North Sydney. Although Bradfield envisaged that the Bridge would be an integral part of Sydney's public transport system, with provision for trains and trams, the rise of the motorcar throughout the twentieth century meant that road transport across the Harbour became increasingly dominant.
Construction began on the Cahill Expressway in the s, which again saw the carving up of the suburbs surround the Bridge approaches on the southern side of the Harbour. The construction of the Warringah Expressway in the s had a similar impact on suburbs on the north shore. In , the Harbour Tunnel was completed in order to reduce crossing time and traffic congestion for car users.
In recent times there have been proposals to add additional road decks to the Bridge, to accommodate the increasing traffic flow between the city and the north shore. Sadly, however, Bradfield's dream of incorporating the Bridge as part of Sydney's public transport system has failed.
Yet the Sydney Harbour Bridge remains one of Sydney's most important icons, and an enduring legacy to Bradfield, Freeman and the thousands of men who worked to build it. Lenore Coltheart, ed. David Ellyard and Richard Raxworthy. Sydney: Bay Books, Peter Lalor. Caroline Mackaness, ed. Bridging Sydney. North Sydney Heritage Centre. Pamphlet 12 Sydney Harbour Bridge. Please try again later. The Sydney Morning Herald. By Matt O'Sullivan June 15, — 2. Save Log in , register or subscribe to save articles for later.
Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size. Engineers started work for the bridge by demolishing around homes and commercial buildings on the north shore. Owners were paid little or no compensation. Early work included the construction of concrete piers to support the approach spans of the structure. An approach span is the part of a bridge that carries traffic from the land to the main part of a bridge. The cranes hoisted men and materials into place to build the structure.
The cranes finally met when the two halves came together. Engineers worked on the southern end of the scheme ahead of the northern end to help with the alignment of the structure. The two half-bridges met on 19 August , after less than two years.
The project team finished the deck for the roadway in , when the creeper cranes were dismantled. Engineers then laid the road surface and rail tracks across the bridge. The first test train went over the structure in January Some 1, workers helped build the bridge.
Sixteen men were killed in accidents during construction. Bridge was designed to have six lanes for road traffic, two for railroad and one for pedestrian. Ceremony of the beginning of the works, so-called "turning of the first sod", was held on 28 July First part of the work was constructing of the approaches, preparing of the foundations for support of the arch and construction of the abutment towers.
Arch construction began on 26 October Both sides of the arch were built at the same time but southern was built a little ahead of the northern in case some errors appear and to improve the alignment.
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