Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Harbour Bridge was built in 8 years.

• Where: Sydney (Australia)
• Opening ceremony: March 19, 1932
• Central span: 503 m
• Total length: 1149 m
• Height: 49 m under the central span
• Weight of the arch: 39000 tons (= 100 Boeing 747)
• Number of rivets: 6,000,000
• Length of work: 8 years
• Cost: 6.25 M£ (Australian pound)
• Human toll: 16 deaths

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a metal arch bridge (See eduMedia animation on different types of bridges).

The metal structure rests solely on 4 bearings. During construction, each half arch was held by a hundred steel cables. These cables were removed once the arch was completed in 1930.