Endeavour Bridge
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Endeavour Bridge | |
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 Endeavour Bridge, looking south-east | |
| Coordinates | 33°56′50″S 151°10′04″E / 33.947098°S 151.167884°E |
| Carries | General Holmes Drive  |
| Crosses | Cooks River |
| Locale | Mascot, Bayside Council, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Begins | Mascot |
| Ends | Kyeemagh |
| Named for | HMS Endeavour |
| Owner | Transport for NSW |
| Preceded by | M5 East Motorway |
| Characteristics | |
| No. of lanes | 6 |
| History | |
| Opened | May 1951 |
| Location | |
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The Endeavour Bridge is a road bridge that carries the General Holmes Drive (A1) across the Cooks River, from Mascot to Kyeemagh in the Bayside Council local government area in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The bridge is located adjacent to the river mouth, where the Cooks River empties into Botany Bay.
The bridge is maintained by Transport for NSW, an agency of the Government of New South Wales.
History
The Endeavour Bridge was opened to traffic in May 1951 as two, two-lane bridges. The road carries motor vehicles and a grade-separated pedestrian footpath.
It was built due to the diversion of Cooks River required by the expansion of Kingsford-Smith Airport. The bridges were constructed before the water flow was diverted beneath them.[1]
In 1963 the two bridges were widened by extending their decks into the area between them, resulting in one six-lane bridge. This upgrade was undertaken in conjunction with the upgrade of General Holmes Drive from four to six lanes, which was the first upgrading of a 'county road' as part of the County of Cumberland Planning Scheme.[2][self-published source]
Etymology
The Endeavour Bridge takes its name from HMS Endeavour, the ship commanded by James Cook, an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Lieutenant Cook and the crew of the Endeavour were the first recorded European expedition to navigate and map the eastern coastline of Australia. They arrived in nearby Botany Bay in 1770.
See also
References
- ^ "FACE-LIFT FOR SYDNEY'S AIRPORT". The Sunday Herald. Sydney. 10 June 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 23 March 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Rands, Paul; Uch, Viseth (14 April 2019). "SOUTHERN CROSS DRIVE & GENERAL HOLMES DRIVE". OzRoads. Retrieved 29 March 2020.[self-published source]
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