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    The Sydney Harbour Bridge is the widest long span bridge in the world. It spans the Sydney Harbour and is 1,149 meters long total. Key facts about the bridge include that it has eight vehicle lanes, two train lines, and pathways for pedestrians and cyclists. It sits on large concrete foundations that extend 12 meters deep into the sandstone bedrock. The arch span is 503 meters long and the pylons are 89 meters high. Over 6 million rivets were used in construction of the bridge.

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    The Sydney Harbour Bridge is the widest long span bridge in the world. It spans the Sydney Harbour and is 1,149 meters long total. Key facts about the bridge include that it has eight vehicle lanes, two train lines, and pathways for pedestrians and cyclists. It sits on large concrete foundations that extend 12 meters deep into the sandstone bedrock. The arch span is 503 meters long and the pylons are 89 meters high. Over 6 million rivets were used in construction of the bridge.

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    Eight Vehicle Lanes, Two Train Lines, A Footway and A Cycleway

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    The Sydney Harbour Bridge is the widest long span bridge in the world. It spans the Sydney Harbour and is 1,149 meters long total. Key facts about the bridge include that it has eight vehicle lanes, two train lines, and pathways for pedestrians and cyclists. It sits on large concrete foundations that extend 12 meters deep into the sandstone bedrock. The arch span is 503 meters long and the pylons are 89 meters high. Over 6 million rivets were used in construction of the bridge.

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    SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE

    Eight vehicle lanes, two train lines, a footway and a cycleway.

    The widest Long span Bridge in the world

    Length of arch span 503 metres


    Height of top of arch 134 metres about mean sea level
    Total length of bridge 1149 metres including approach spans
    Width of deck 49 metres
    Clearance for Shipping 49 metres
    Height of Pylons 89 metre above mean sea level
    Base of each abutment tower 68 metres across and 48 metres long (two pylons rest on
    each abutment tower)
    SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE

    Shortest Hanger 7.3 metres Longest Hanger 58.8 metres


    SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE

    PYLONS

    Four decorative 89-metre high pylons made of concrete, faced with granite
    SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE

    • The bridge structure sits on four large


    concrete ‘skewbacks’.
    • Two are on the south shore and two on the
    north.
    • The excavation for these was directly into the
    solid sandstone.
    • Each skewback is 40 feet wide (12·192 m), 90
    feet long (27·432 m) and up to 30 feet (9·144
    m) deep.
    • The upper surface of these, for the main
    bearings, is at an angle of 45° to take the
    main bearing casting.
    • The concrete was poured in sections, and in
    an hexagonal pattern
    • The foundations are 12 metres (39 feet)
    deep, are set in sandstone.
    • Anchoring tunnels are 36 metres (118 feet)
    long and dug into the bedrock at each end.
    Large bolts and nuts are used to tie the thrust
    bearings onto their supports.
    SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE

    • Bridge is founded on sandstone rock excavated to a depth of


    12 m and filled with special reinforced high-grade concrete

    • Built out from either side of the harbour,


    using a creeper crane that slowly progressed
    up the arch lifting steelwork into position

    • The half arches were secured by wire ropes,


    anchored in inclined U-shaped tunnels cut
    into the rock.

    • Anchorage consisted of 128 wire ropes of 70


    mm diameter, about 366 m long.

    • After the spans were connected, a deck was


    put in place. The deck was hung from the
    arch and built from the centre out so that
    they would not have to move the cranes.
    SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE
    SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE

    Allowance for deck expansion 420 millimetres


    SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE
    Number of rivets- Approximately 6,000,000
    Bearing Pins -Each of the four pins
    measures 4.2 metres long and 368 mm in
    dia.

    • Two-pin arch construction, made up of two arches side by side, joined by horizontal
    cross-members. In this sort of arch, the vertical loads (the Bridge’s own weight plus the
    weight of trains, cars etc) tend to flatten the arch and push out against the abutments,
    creating both vertical and horizontal reaction forces.
    • The Bridge structure is supported on four horizontal, cylindrical forged steel pins in the
    main bearings, one at each end of the two arches. This allows the movement in the arch
    caused by temperature variations and dynamic loading to be accounted for. The arch
    may rise up to 180 mm due to heating during the day and cooling at night.
    SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE

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