Iron Cove Bridge

Drivers may miss the charm of this old iron bridge during their daily commute along busy, and sometimes congested, Victoria Road.
But if you get stuck in traffic take five seconds to admire it’s straight, riveted supports where you find beauty and brawn.
I used to admire the bridge while wading in Drummoyne pool but since the duplication it is now best admired on the eastern side, or even better, by a small dingy putting along underneath it.

This is like an old friend. It is stable, strong and a bit tarnished with age. Travelling over the bridge always reminds me of a time in the past .
I have often walked on the pedestrian side when jogging/​walking on the Bay walk. It is a bridge where you meet all sorts of people at anytime of the day. May people jog the 5 km run that can start and end at the bridge. Also you meet our local law enforcer who always hides on the south side of the bridge ready to catch the driver in a hurry.
The view from the bridge is beautiful. On one side you view Birkenhead Point and on the other side is Canada Bay. The old bridge has a new bridge beside it looking like a new generation of stability.

What else can i say?! Its a bridge that recently had a new bridge added on much to the dismay of locals but i love the structure of it (the old one that is)!
It helps connect people who are out and about doing the Bay Run.
In addition, the Iron Cove Bridge connects you to the Birkenhead Shopping Centre (Great for discounts — Its like the DFO for people in the area)
Great view from either side of the bridge when your driving or walking with lots of water and scenery to look at.

The original Iron Cove Bridge was constructed of wrought iron lattice girders and opened in 1882 after four years of construction. This bridge provided a new western route along Victoria Road to Sydney through the Drummoyne area.
In 1947, construction began to replace the original bridge. On July 30^th, 1955 the new Iron Cove Bridge was officially opened by the current Premier of NSW, the Hon. J.J. Cahill (of Cahill Expressway fame). The bridge is comprised of distinctive piers and abutments in the Art Deco style popular at the time. This was the last steel truss bridge built in NSW using rivets. After this similar bridges used high strength bolts. The bridge is 1535 foot long (461 m) and 45 foot wide (14 m).
To ease traffic congestion, the bridge was duplicated by an adjoining second bridge completed on January 30, 2011. This included a new pedestrian and cycle pathway on the western side of the bridge. Nice views across the water to Rodd Point.
Myself and some other runners I knew used to do a ten mile run from Concord Oval, Concord across this bridge and back. It was nice crossing the bridge at about sundown and heading back on this long run which was otherwise a grind.
Iron Cove Bridge is one of the seven bridges in the annual Seven Bridges Walk, a community fitness event to raise money for charity. It consists of a loop circuit that crosses seven of Sydney’s harbour bridges in a clockwise direction, which are: Sydney Harbour Bridge to Pyrmont Bridge to ANZAC Bridge to Iron Cove Bridge to Gladesville Bridge to Tarban Bridge to Fig Tree Bridge. You can start at any one of seven «villages» next to the bridges and the starting point for Iron Cove Bridge is Rozelle Village on the east bank of Iron Cove at King George Park on Manning Street.