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The Spit Bridge 25 November 1932

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State Archives & Records New South Wales

Statutory body established by the State Records Act 1998. The Act provides for the creation, management and protection of the records of public offices of the State and for public access to those records.

Based at Kingswood, State Archives and Records NSW manage and provide access to the New South Wales State archives collection, a unique and irreplaceable part of Australia's cultural heritage dating back to 1788.

 

Spit Bridge

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.

Bridges

The Spit

Sandspit protruding from Beauty Point in Mosman into Middle Harbour. From 1834 a ferry operated across to Manly Road on the northern side and in 1924 a bridge opened. The Spit has been enlarged by land reclamation.

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Middle Harbour

Suburb on the north shore of Sydney, occupying the area south of the Spit Bridge.

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Spit bridge

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Sydney's only remaining lift bridge on a major arterial road.

Middle Harbour

An arm of Port Jackson, extending north-west from the Heads with its headwaters in Garigal National Park.

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