Spit bridge Bridge Sydney's only remaining lift bridge on a major arterial road. image Locate -33.8015367, 151.2462258 Type Bridge {"name":"Bridge","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} Spit Bridge by Garry Wotherspoon , 2010 First thought of in the 1870s, the first Spit Bridge was not built until nearly 50 years later, replacing a punt across Middle Harbour. A second bridge was built in the 1950s but the crossing remains a transport bottleneck. more » image image image image image image image image