Foot Bridge by Night is a photograph by Kaye Menner which was uploaded on June 8th, 2014.
Foot Bridge by Night
I captured this night image of the beautiful old Pyrmont Bridge on 6th June, 2014 during the Vivid Sydney Festival. One can view the Vivid Aquatique... more
by Kaye Menner
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Title
Foot Bridge by Night
Artist
Kaye Menner
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Hdr
Description
I captured this night image of the beautiful old Pyrmont Bridge on 6th June, 2014 during the Vivid Sydney Festival. One can view the Vivid Aquatique display and fireworks from this amazing foot bridge. The bridge spans Sydney Harbour connecting Darling Harbour to the central Sydney business district.
[From Wikipedia]
The Pyrmont Bridge is a swing bridge over Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour (part of Port Jackson) in Sydney, Australia.
History and description:
The first Pyrmont Bridge was opened on 17 March 1858, and was a wooden pile bridge with an iron centre swing span. This bridge was demolished around the time new Pyrmont Bridge was opened in 1902.
The foundation stone for the new bridge was laid on 6 December 1899 by the Hon. E. W. O'Sullivan and the bridge was opened for traffic on 28 June 1902 by the Governor of New South Wales, His Excellency Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson KGB.
The engineer was Percy Allan (1861–1930). The bridge had one of the largest swing spans in the world and it was one of the first to be powered by electricity. The Pyrmont swing bridge is not to be confused with the similar Glebe Island Swing Bridge also engineered by Percy Allan a year later in 1903.
The bridge was closed to vehicular traffic on August 7, 1981, the traffic having been diverted over new freeway structures built further south of Cockle Bay, and it was then re-opened as a pedestrian bridge as part of the re-development of Darling Harbour as a recreational pedestrian precinct.
The swing bridge remains in operation, and opens to a schedule managed by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.
In 1992 Engineers Australia has recognised the bridge as a National Engineering Landmark.
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June 8th, 2014