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понедельник, 25 июня 2012 г.

Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney



Sydney Harbour Bridge (Harbour Bridge) is located in Sydney and is the largest bridge in Sydney, and is one of the largest steel arch bridge in the world. The bridge was built, from 1924 to 1932, to March 19, 1932 the bridge became operational. Want to see beautiful views of the bay and around the city? Then we recommend to go through the Harbour Bridge, views from the bridge exciting.
The bridge in Sydney Harbor Bridge, 1149 meters, width of 49 meters - this eight-highway and two railway tracks and even bicycle paths and sidewalks for pedestrians. The height of the bridge above the sea level 139 meters, and the passage to the waters of the bay 49 meters, which allows you to pass under the bridge of an ocean liner. Weight of the bridge is 52,800 tonnes.Sydney Harbour Bridge was designed by JC Bradfield. The bridge connected the city center on the southern shore of the bay from the northern shore, where residential areas are located. Previously, when there was no bridge had to use bypasses ways in 20 km and ferries.Now every day for Harbour Bridge passes approximately 150,000 vehicles. While this is a big load, but the bridge is very strong, once tested it for stability, and drove the engine 82, the bridge survived! Here are just a fare is charged on the bridge and is approximately 3 Australian dollars.Every year is spent on maintaining the bridge five million dollars. And it was spent on its construction $ 13.5 million.

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