The first Spit Bridge, Middle Harbour Sydney
Another postcard view of the Spit, Middle Harbour, Sydney. This shows the 1924 2-lane bridge, the balloon loop tramway terminal on the Manly side of the harbour (with O-class tram in attendance) and the covered walkway across the bridge to the Mosman Spit terminus (with yet another tram waiting). The two systems were destined never to link ... the trams disappeared from the Manly lines in 1939 and from the North Sydney system in 1958. The scar on the hillside in the background is the new alignment of Spit Road - now, in 2011, a six lane highway. Similarly the track in the foreground is also a six lane main road. A second (4-lane) bridge was opened in 1957, which still remains at this site despite many promises from local politicians - alas the site is destined to remain a bottleneck well into the twenty first century. You can also see reclamation works commencing to the west of the spit on the Mosman side. -- scanned from postcard in personal collection.
The first Spit Bridge, Middle Harbour Sydney
Another postcard view of the Spit, Middle Harbour, Sydney. This shows the 1924 2-lane bridge, the balloon loop tramway terminal on the Manly side of the harbour (with O-class tram in attendance) and the covered walkway across the bridge to the Mosman Spit terminus (with yet another tram waiting). The two systems were destined never to link ... the trams disappeared from the Manly lines in 1939 and from the North Sydney system in 1958. The scar on the hillside in the background is the new alignment of Spit Road - now, in 2011, a six lane highway. Similarly the track in the foreground is also a six lane main road. A second (4-lane) bridge was opened in 1957, which still remains at this site despite many promises from local politicians - alas the site is destined to remain a bottleneck well into the twenty first century. You can also see reclamation works commencing to the west of the spit on the Mosman side. -- scanned from postcard in personal collection.