29-512: Northbridge or North Bridge may refer to: Places [ edit ] Australia Northbridge, New South Wales , a suburb of Sydney Northbridge, Western Australia , a suburb of Perth Long Gully Bridge , a bridge between the Sydney suburbs of Cammeray and Northbridge England North Bridge, Halifax Poland North Bridge, Warsaw Scotland North Bridge, Edinburgh ,
58-487: A bituminous mixture, which had not stood the test of time. The main suspension cables were also found to be weakened by corrosion. The bridge was carefully monitored and it rapidly became clear that replacement or substantial rebuilding would be necessary. From several options, it was decided that a large concrete arch span to support the deck of the old suspension bridge was the most satisfactory solution. The towers themselves were in very good condition and were recognised by
87-781: A bridge linking the old and new towns Northbridge, marketing name for residential developments in Sighthill, Glasgow United States Northbridge, Massachusetts , a suburb of Worcester North Bridge (Harrisburg) , crossing the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania The North Bridge, colloquially called the Old North Bridge , Concord, Massachusetts, focal point of the Battle of Concord Mark Morris Memorial Bridge , connecting Clinton, Iowa, and Fulton, Illinois Other uses [ edit ] Northbridge (computing) ,
116-564: A butchery, a bakery, a chemist, and a selection of clothing and specialty shops. Located outside of Northbridge Plaza along Sailors Bay Road are several cafes providing breakfast, lunch and coffee options, and restaurants including Indian, Thai, Japanese, and pizza establishments, offering eat-in or takeaway food. Busways routes 202, 203, 207, 208 and 209 from Bridge Street , in the Sydney CBD, travel through Northbridge via North Sydney . Peak hour bus routes 204, 205 and 206 operates to city via
145-642: A chip that implements the "faster" capabilities of the motherboard See also [ edit ] Nordbrücke (disambiguation) (German for Northbridge ) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Northbridge . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northbridge&oldid=989946470 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
174-439: A driver or as passenger). 60% of employed people worked at home. Northbridge has a vantage point over Middle Harbour with the harbourside parks (Clive, Elizabeth and Hallstrom Parks) all offering great views. Northbridge features an 18-hole harbour view golf course, soccer club, sailing club, marina, salt water baths, scout hall, girl guides, tennis courts, parks, ovals, local reserves and bike track. The Bond's Corner bike track
203-608: A large house, 'Figtree House', since demolished, at what is now Hallstrom Close and Hallstrom Point Park, until his death in 1970. Former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke purchased a waterfront property in Northbridge shortly before the end of his tenure and resided there until his death in 2019. 33°48′48″S 151°13′02″E / 33.81325°S 151.21717°E / -33.81325; 151.21717 Long Gully Bridge The Long Gully Bridge , also known as Northbridge , Suspension Bridge , and Cammeray Bridge ,
232-461: A recognised symbol of Northbridge, completed in January 1892 and purchased by the state government in 1912. The suburb celebrated its centenary in 2013. Northbridge took its name from its location, north of a sandstone suspension bridge built in 1892. The bridge was constructed by a team of land developers at a cost of A£ 42,000 and originally known as North Sydney Bridge. The engineer responsible for
261-590: Is a concrete arch road bridge that carries Strathallen Avenue across Flat Rock Creek and Tunks Park, and connects the suburbs of Cammeray , in the North Sydney Council local government area to its south, with Northbridge in the City of Willoughby local government area to its north, in Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. Privately-built to promote residential development in the suburb of Northbridge and beyond,
290-578: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Northbridge, New South Wales Northbridge is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia . It is located 6 kilometres north of the Sydney Central Business District , in the local government area of the City of Willoughby . Northbridge is a leafy suburb, set in surroundings of bush bounded by
319-611: The Warringah Freeway . CDC NSW also operates bus route 194 to Wynyard and Town Hall via the Warringah Freeway. A bus stop is located at the major intersection between Strathallen Avenue and Sailors Bay Road. At the 2011 census , 22% of employed people travelled to work on public transport and 52% by car (either as driver or as passenger). This is compared with the 2021 census , where 2% of employed people stated they travelled to work on public transport and 25% by car (either as
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#1732851174809348-589: The DMR as having local significance as a landmark and tourist attraction and as having considerable historical value. For these reasons they were retained and repeated in the design of the new work, with much attention to sympathetic design. The bridge closed in May 1936. The arch was designed and tested through the analysis of models within the DMR . The construction contract was awarded to Hornibrook Bros. & Clark Pty. Ltd. The bridge
377-494: The North Shore and Middle Harbour Land Company made major investments in the area and planned to build a tramway and a bridge across Long Bay gully in order to open up the area for sales of residential land. A suspension bridge across the gully was opened to traffic in January 1892. It had taken two years and nine months to complete and cost A£ 42,000. With a suspension span of 152 metres (500 ft) centre to centre of towers, it
406-429: The aftermath of World War I , and through the 1920s, new houses, roads, schools and shops were built in the suburb. Since that time, Northbridge has maintained a number of Federation-style detached houses. Northbridge Plaza is a shopping centre managed by AMP Capital for two overseas owners. It is located on the corner of Eastern Valley Way and Sailors Bay Road, and it features a Woolworths supermarket, groceries,
435-566: The bridge opened in January 1892 as a steel suspension bridge finished in Sydney sandstone with crenellated turreted towers. The bridge was transferred to the Department of Main Roads in 1935 and, in 1939, was rebuilt as a reinforced concrete two rib arch bridge, with the sandstone towers kept. With the land boom of the 1880s, land to the north of Long Bay, Middle Harbour , was sold and resold. The North Sydney Investment and Tramway Company or
464-418: The construction of the tramway. The Department of Main Roads (DMR) assumed control of the bridge in 1935 and inspections soon revealed serious corrosion in the steelwork and cables, partly attributable to defects in the design of the bridge. Water had been allowed to accumulate around the suspension rods as they passed through the cross girder ends in small, undrained reserves that had originally been filled with
493-515: The construction was J. E. Coyle and the style was Federation Gothic, with medieval motifs as "unexpected embellishments". It has been known as the Northbridge and Cammeray Suspension Bridge but is now called the Long Gully Bridge . The land where the suspension bridge was built belonged to William Twemlow, a Sydney jeweler. In 1868 he purchased the land extending from Fig Tree Point to the head of Long Bay, (now Northbridge). He initially regarded
522-521: The deck on 14 reinforced concrete beam slab spans. The deck has expansion joints at the large piers directly over the arch springs. These also transfer wind load from the arch and deck back to the foundations . Connecting these to the original turrets are 15-metre (50 ft) concrete beam spans. The concrete detailing was done in Victorian Gothic and Norman styles to reflect the Gothic sandstone towers,
551-451: The eastern waterways of The Outpost, located within proximity of Middle Harbour . Northbridge is an affluent suburb, ranking in the top 10 postcodes in Australia by average taxable income. As of April 2024 the median house price is $ 5.2m and Northbridge is also home to Australia's most expensive street, Hallstrom Close. The Suspension Bridge , linking the suburb to Cammeray, has become
580-401: The form of steel cylinders with base plate partly filled with a fine dune sand and fitted with a hardwood piston. The pistons bore the weight of the girders until it was time to strike the falsework when two small screw plugs on the cylinders could be opened to a carefully prepared schedule, with a large team of operators working to signals, and sand released so that the crown and then, gradually,
609-399: The gorge. The wooden deck carried two lanes of traffic plus two tram tracks and footways. Deterioration of the bridge due to corrosion led to the replacement of the suspension design by an arch in the 1930s. With a main span of 105 metres (344 ft), the arch consists of two concrete ribs, peaking some 51 metres (167 ft) above stream level. Supported on the arches are columns carrying
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#1732851174809638-621: The land as valueless but changed his mind when he made a handsome profit by selling some of it to an English syndicate who built the suspension bridge. Twemlow decided to build a two-storey home called The Hermitage, on Fig Tree Point, from sandstone quarried on the estate, which took a year to cut. As this was the first house built in this locality, transport was a problem and Twemlow had to sail through The Spit and around Middle Head to Circular Quay , from where he walked to his shop at Sydney Arcade. Northbridge Post Office opened on 25 November 1920. Suburban development of Northbridge occurred in
667-459: The late nineteenth century. The concrete arch which was built 1936-9 is a fascinating episode in the bridge's history. The process of the design and construction of the arch is illustrative of an era in the history of bridge building in the Department of Main Roads. It is linked with the local historical theme of engineering and building the road system. The use of the concrete arch solution to support
696-460: The main piers being given Norman castle features. As part of the reconstruction the roadway openings through the towers were increased to nine metres (thirty feet), and walkway openings cut through the towers. The bridge has light standards supported by the concrete railings. The bridge is intimately associated with the residential development of the area to the north of the bridge, essential infrastructure which allowed its development to proceed in
725-504: The whole arch took up its own load. Worker safety was also an important factor in the design of construction methods for the bridge. The bridge was re-opened to traffic in late 1939. The original suspension bridge had a 152-metre (500 ft) main span supported by steel cables and steel hanger rods. The deck was stiffened by an undertruss which was pin connected at the centre of the span. The steel cables were supported on ornate sandstone turrets and anchored into bedrock at each end of
754-407: Was closed to tram and vehicular (but not pedestrian ) traffic and work began at the beginning of June 1937. While a 'Melan' system using a steel rib to serve as falsework and then reinforcement in the completed structure had been considered, the tenderers favoured the conventional system of timber falsework, and it was this system which was employed. An interesting innovation, however, was employed in
783-430: Was considered one of the engineering wonders of Sydney and became a great tourist attraction. A toll of threepence return for adults and one penny for children was charged. The disastrous crash of 1892 saw both the above companies go into liquidation. The Depression of the 1890s slowed land sales and Northbridge did not develop as had been hoped; the tramway was not built. In 1894 a fundraising dance and promenade concert
812-974: Was designed and created by a group of friends who believed Northbridge needed an area that appealed to the increasing bike riding population of the town. The nearby Willoughby Leisure Centre is easily accessible through Small Street or a nearby track. As of the 2021 census , the suburb of Northbridge recorded a population of 6,493. Of these: Several notable Australians live in Northbridge including former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian , federal 'teal' independent MP and businesswoman Kylea Tink , former rugby league champions Laurie Daley and Jason Taylor , former Wallabies player Phil Waugh , Seven News presenter and journalist Chris Reason and Australian journalist Kathryn Robinson . The composer Dulcie Holland and her conductor husband Alan Bellhouse both lived in Kameruka Road in Northbridge until their deaths. The businessman and philanthropist, Edward Hallstrom , lived in
841-609: Was held on the bridge. In 1912 the bridge was handed over to the NSW Government as a gift, on the condition that a tramway be extended to the north side and no toll charged. The tramway was extended over the bridge in 1913-14, with its terminus in Sailors Bay Road. Between its construction and its handing over to the Department of Public Works , the bridge was little used and poorly maintained for many years. Repairs and some strengthening works were carried out in conjunction with
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