Alfords Point Bridge

Alfords Point Bridge
Alfords Point Bridge in 2007, prior to completion of the duplication
Coordinates	33.9774°S 151.0305°E / -33.9774; 151.0305
Carries	A6; (vehicular traffic with grade-separated pedestrian footpath)
Crosses	Georges River
Locale	Sutherland Shire/Bankstown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Maintained by	Roads and Maritime Services
Preceded by	M5 Motorway bridge
Followed by	Tom Uglys Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Duplicated box girder
Material	Concrete
Trough construction	Steel
Total length	445 metres (1,460 ft)
Width	15.3 metres (50 ft) per carriageway
No. of spans	10
Piers in water	6
No. of lanes	2 northbound; 2 southbound
History
Opened	7 September 1973; 22 August 2008 (duplication)
Replaces	Vehicular punt between Lugarno and Illawong
Location

The Alfords Point Bridge is a duplicated 445-metre-long (1,460 ft) concrete and steel box girder road bridge that carries the A6 across the lower Georges River between Padstow Heights in the City of Bankstown to Alfords Point in the Sutherland Shire in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The first bridge opened on 7 September 1973 and carried traffic in both north and southbound directions. When the original bridge was built, piles and abutments were built a few metres downstream, allowing for future duplication. A second bridge was opened for southbound traffic on 22 August 2008 leaving the older bridge for northbound use only.

Description

The two other road crossings over the Georges River downstream of the Alfords Point Bridge are the Captain Cook Bridge, which opened in 1965 and Tom Uglys Bridge, which opened in 1929. Tom Uglys Bridge connects Blakehurst to Sylvania. Captain Cook Bridge connects Sans Souci to Taren Point.

History

The bridge replaced a vehicular punt that previously operated between Lugarno and Illawong. The 2008 bridge replaced a tidal flow system that was in operation on the singular crossing, providing for greater traffic capacity in the off-peak direction.

See also

• List of bridges in Sydney