The Tarban Creek Bridge is a
prestressed concrete
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arch bridge
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that carries the Burns Bay Road across the
Tarban Creek
Tarban Creek, a northern tributary of the Parramatta River, is a creek west of Sydney Harbour, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Ecology
Tarban Creek starts near Earnshaw Parade in Gladesville and runs along a concrete base through Tarba ...
, located west of the
Sydney
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central business district
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in
New South Wales
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Australia
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. The bridge is situated between the
Gladesville Bridge
Gladesville Bridge is a heritage-listed concrete arch road bridge that carries Victoria Road over the Parramatta River, linking the Sydney suburbs of Huntleys Point and Drummoyne, in the local government areas of Canada Bay and Hunter's Hill, ...
and the
Fig Tree Bridge
The Fig Tree Bridge is a road bridge that carries Burns Bay Road across the Lane Cove River, and connects the suburbs of Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Hunters Hill in the south and Linley Point, New South Wales, Linley Point in the north, locate ...
, being immediately to the north of Gladesville Bridge. The bridge connects the suburbs of
Hunters Hill
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and
Huntleys Point
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. In addition to the four-lane carriage, the bridge carries a
grade-separated
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shared
pedestrian
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footpath and cycleway.
[Gregory's Street Directory, 59th Edition 1995, Map 313]
Description
Opened in December 1965, the Tarban Creek Bridge formed a "missing link" between the existing Gladesville and Fig Tree Bridges. Traffic between the old Fig Tree and Gladesville Bridges previously had to negotiate the streets of Hunters Hill to cross the creek further upstream. The three new bridges were built to carry a
North Western Expressway
The North Western Expressway and the Lane Cove Valley Expressway was a planned but now cancelled freeway route in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, intended to link the Sydney CBD to its north-western suburbs, and ultimately the Sydney–New ...
, which never came to fruition.
From 2006, the Tarban Creek Bridge formed part of the
Seven Bridges Walk
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July
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* Seven (Swiss singer) (born 1978), a Swiss recording artist
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, a free community event that promotes walking as a way of staying fit and active, and consisted of a circuit that crossed seven of Sydney's bridges, including the
Sydney Harbour
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,
Pyrmont,
Anzac
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,
Iron Cove
Iron Cove is a bay on the Parramatta River, in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately due west of Sydney's central business district. It is surrounded by the suburbs of Birchgrove, Balmai ...
, Gladesville, and Fig Tree bridges.
The rowing boathouses of the
rowing club
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of
Sydney Girls High School
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, the
University of New South Wales
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, and
St Joseph's College are located on the shore of the Tarban Creek.
See also
*
List of bridges in Sydney
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* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
References
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Deck arch bridges
Bridges in Sydney
Bridges completed in 1965
1965 establishments in Australia
Municipality of Hunter's Hill
Road bridges in New South Wales
Arch bridges in Australia
Concrete bridges in Australia
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