Ryde Bridge

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Ryde Bridge
Ryde Bridge
Opened	7 December 1935^[1]
Coordinates	Ryde Bridge is at coordinates 33°49′25″S 151°05′42″E / 33.823492°S 151.095121°E / -33.823492; 151.095121Coordinates: 33°49′25″S 151°05′42″E / 33.823492°S 151.095121°E / -33.823492; 151.095121

The Ryde Bridge, which is in fact two bridges, is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that crosses the Parramatta River, linking the suburb of Ryde in Sydney's Northern Suburbs to the suburb of Rhodes in Sydney's Inner West. These bridges carry 6 lanes of the A3.

History

The original Ryde Bridge was opened on 7 December 1935 by the Premier of New South Wales, Bertram Stevens, accompanied by the Mayor of Ryde.^[1]

The original bridge is a lift bridge, which was required to allow shipping to pass to the State Timber Yard then located on the southern bank of the Parramatta river, just west of the bridge. However the lifting mechanism was removed in the late 20th Century and it has not been opened since.

The bridge was paid for by the Ryde Council (with the assistance of a grant from the New South Wales Government). The bridge carried a toll for 13 years. At the end of this period the bridge was paid for and the toll was removed. Ownership was transferred to the Department of Main Roads.

An additional bridge was constructed adjacent to the east side of this bridge to carry southbound traffic, leaving the original bridge for northbound traffic only. It was officially opened by NSW Premier Nick Greiner and Federal Minister For Transport Ralph Willis, on 25 November 1988.

Before the original bridge was constructed, the Parramatta River was crossed in this area by a vehicular punt, just downstream of the Meadowbank Railway bridge. The southern ramp still exists near the southern end of the railway bridge, however the northern ramp has been covered over by Meadowbank ferry wharf.

Other

The keel of HMAS Stuart (destroyer) is buried in the mud below Ryde Bridge.

Another bridge, very similar to Ryde Bride, is the Hexham Bridge, located 125 km northeast and which spans the Hunter River.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ryde Bridge Opening By Premier". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 December 1935. Retrieved 9 September 2010.

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v t e Road infrastructure in Sydney

Motorways, freeways and expressways	Cahill Expressway Eastern Distributor General Holmes Drive Gore Hill Freeway M2 Hills Motorway Pacific Motorway (F3 Freeway) Princes Motorway Southern Cross Drive M5 South Western Motorway Warringah Freeway Western Distributor M4 Western Motorway Westlink M7

Numbered Routes	M1/A1 M2/A2 A3 M4/A4 M5 A6 M7 A8 A9 A22 A28 M31 A36 A38 A44

Major interchanges	Light Horse Interchange Roden Cutler Interchange

Bridges and tunnels	Alfords Point Bridge Anzac Bridge Captain Cook Bridge Cross City Tunnel Fig Tree Bridge Gladesville Bridge Iron Cove Bridge Lane Cove Tunnel Ryde Bridge Spit Bridge Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney Harbour Tunnel Tarban Creek Bridge Tom Uglys Bridge

Vehicle ferries	Berowra Waters Lower Portland Mortlake Sackville Webbs Creek Wisemans

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Transport in Sydney

v t e Geography of Parramatta River

Sources	Toongabbie Creek Darling Mills Creek

Tributaries: left	Vineyard Creek Subiaco Creek Archer Creek Smalls Creek Charity Creek Lane Cove River

Tributaries: right	Duck River Haslams Creek Powells Creek Iron Cove Creek Hawthorne Canal

Islands	Rodd Island Snapper Island Spectacle Island Cockatoo Island

Parramatta River ferry services	Parramatta Rydalmere Sydney Olympic Park Meadowbank Kissing Point Cabarita Abbotsford Chiswick Huntleys Point

River crossings	Lennox Bridge Barry Wilde Bridge Elizabeth St Footbridge The Macarthur Bridge Clyde–Carlingford railway bridge Thackeray Bridge Silverwater Bridge James Ruse Drive bridge John Whitton Bridge Parramatta River Underbridge Ryde Bridge Mortlake Ferry Gladesville Bridge

River inlets and bays	Homebush Bay Kissing Point Bay Morrisons Bay Kendall Bay Glades Bay France Bay Exile Bay Canada Bay Kings Bay Hen and Chicken Bay Looking Glass Bay Abbotsford Bay Wallumatta Bay Five Dock Bay Lukes Bay Drummoyne Bay Iron Cove

Suburbs: north	North Parramatta Rydalmere Ermington Melrose Park Meadowbank Putney Tennyson Point Gladesville Henley Huntleys Point Huntleys Cove Hunters Hill Woolwich Greenwich

Suburbs: south	Parramatta Camellia Silverwater Newington Wentworth Point Sydney Olympic Park Liberty Grove Rhodes Concord Mortlake Breakfast Point Cabarita Canada Bay Five Dock Wareemba Abbotsford Chiswick Drummoyne Russell Lea Rodd Point Haberfield Lilyfield Rozelle Birchgrove

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