Sydney Harbour Bridge - International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark #151 Dawes Point, New South Wales, Australia
By Team MavEtJu on 18-Oct-15. Waypoint GA7647

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Type:	Virtual
Container:	Virtual
Coordinates:	S33° 51.276' E151° 12.567' (WGS 84)
	56H 334355E 6252523N (UTM)
Elevation:	11 m
Local Government Area:	Sydney

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Description

Sydney Harbour Bridge - International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark #151

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore. The dramatic view of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is an iconic image of Sydney, and Australia. The bridge is nicknamed "The Coathanger" because of its arch-based design or is simply called "the Bridge" by Sydney residents.

Under the direction of Dr J.J.C. Bradfield of the NSW Department of Public Works, the bridge was designed and built by British firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd of Middlesbrough and opened in 1932. The bridge's design was influenced by the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City. It is the sixth longest spanning-arch bridge in the world and the tallest steel arch bridge, measuring 134 m (440 ft) from top to water level. It was also the world's widest long-span bridge, at 48.8 m (160 ft) wide, until construction of the new Port Mann Bridge in Vancouver was completed in 2012.

Contents of the plaque:

International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark - The Sydney Harbour Bridge - Presented by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1988

When logging this virtual, please add a photo of yourself or your GPSr at the plaque.

For more information, please see this page at the Heritage Register at the Engineers Australia website: https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/portal/heritage/sydney-harbour-bridge-1932

Hints

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Logs

12-Aug-23

themd

A first for me today.

Never managed to walk across the bridge.

Enjoyed every minute of it.

Managed to pick up a few smilies too!

TFTV Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

24-Sep-22

Laighside Legends

Found It!
Stopped here for some pics while walking across the bridge. Interesting to note that the "International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark" is presented by the "American Society of Civil Engineers".
TFTC

08-Jun-22

misschief18

S34° 25.447' E151° 20.955'

Got this one while walking across the bridge. The brown furry things in the photo are my caching buddy’s ears- Miss Chief.

Rated: for Overall Experience

12-Apr-22

endeavour3

Watawieh from Norfolk Island

Today I walked across the Harbour Bridge looking for geocaches, GCA caches, Adventure Labs & Waymarks.

17-Apr-21

caughtatwork

Found by caughtatwork at 15:23 on 17/04/2021
We were in Sydney for the weekend and of course, we just had to walk across the bridge. So on the way we came across this landmark and decided that we would take the picture and claim the geocache.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks for placing this one here for us to find today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

17-Dec-19

EuDes

I took a stroll up here this morning for what seemed like a 2-for-1 find. I'm not too sure about the other one now but this is pretty clear-cut so I was soon taking the necessary pickie at 08:35. Very Happy

Thanks Team MavEtJu.

Rated: for Overall Experience

16-Nov-19

Wilbert67

A last minute decision to catch a train and do some caching in the CBD. Walking usually is the best way to go. Enjoyed the city after not being there for quite a while.
TFTC Wilbert67

29-Oct-19

Goldenwattle

A number of caches at this location. The more the merrier Laughing

. TFTC Team MavEtJu.

Rated: for Overall Experience

11-Aug-18

rubymoon05

find number 13 for the day
walking across the bridge for a virtual geocache for the Geochallenge of the month,gave us a great opportunity to find these markings.it was a bit windy Very Happy

tftc

Rated: for Overall Experience

23-Jul-18

jinta29

Got it while out and about inSydney

Rated: for Overall Experience

23-Jul-18

Kyzabra

Walking over the bridge today. Had to log this one.

03-Jul-18

MalDawg

Found while walking with family

06-Apr-18

UltimateGeoCacheTeam

fltf

01-Mar-18

riokun

Had training in the CBD this week so wandered across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on the first afternoon after. It's always lovely to walk across the bridge. TFTC! Clan Cerberus

Rated: for Overall Experience

14-Dec-17

Opa Shrek

In the city today to go to a Christmas lunch with former work colleagues and spotted the plaque while heading across the bridge to get the new GC virtual. When I saw the plaque I guessed correctly that there'd be a GCA cache here.

03-Nov-17

teamMerlin

Spotted this landmark whilst walking towards the new GC virtual on the bridge. Fantastic views and well worth the walk up here.

Rated: for Overall Experience

07-May-17

ParisLaura

found it on a lovely walk across the bridge

30-Oct-16

ziggiau

I didn't want to waste the opportunity while walking across the bridge for the 7 Bridges Walk, so I quickly snapped myself with the plaque before heading downstairs to get my passport stamped.

04-Jul-16

Zalgariath

Got this free one first before paying and heading upstairs to the other marker. It's worth the trip and fee! You need to head way down to ground for the trig

Rated: for Overall Experience

30-Apr-16

Greenbeetle Nut

Decided to take a walk across the harbour bridge today and stopped for this one as I went. Thanks Team MavETJu for this one. Great views of the harbour and city from here as well as some interesting history. Didn't visit the National Engineering Mark inside the South Pylon today but will be back for that one.

Rated: for Overall Experience

25-Apr-16

phlphotos

Went to Sydney with alnic39 and went to this marker. Thanks for the Virtual Team MavEtJu

Rated: for Overall Experience

25-Apr-16

alnic39

Picked up this one with phlphotos on a day of caching over the city.

14-Jan-16

LuckyL10n

#GA827 - 15:30; I was in Sydney with the geohoney and geoteen who had headed off for some retail therapy. That meant only one thing for me, an opportunity to collect some of the newer CBD caches which had made an appearance since I was last here. I had collected some of this series around Pyrmont and the city before taking a detour to Darlinghurst to visit the old gaol, before returning to the city for a couple more. It was now time to head down to the harbour, or so I thought, for the next in the series. It wasn't until I was near the borttom of the pylon that I discovered I needed a bit more altitude to make the find on this plaque. It had been a hot day so far, so the visit here gave me the chance to grab a cold milkshake before heading upstairs. I made it to GZ and grabbed a photo, not realising initially that it was the plaque I was looking for, until I re-read the description. I must have been tiring by this stage as I didn't notice the other plaque, which would have been in a more familiar format, was just up the stairs. I was a bit far away to trudge back, so it will just have to wait for the next visit. Claiming another *FTF* (unless advised otherwise) as the sole finder to date is the CO. TFTC Team MavEtJu, the last of eight in the series for the day out Clapping