This was Captain Francis De Groot of the political group The New Guard. This group was opposed to Lang's leftist policies, and the fact that the King's representative in Australia, the Governor-General Sir Isaac Isaacs, hadn't been asked to open the bridge. De Groot charged on his horse and cut the ribbon with his sword before the Premier of NSW could open the bridge.
No there was no bridge prior to Sydney harbour bridge . Sydney harbour bridge opened on March , 1932 .
The Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in March 1932. In March 2015, it will have been 83 years since e bridge was opened.
it opened in 1932
No. The Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened in 1932.
sydney harbour bridge
The Construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge was completed on 19 January 1932. They started building the Sydney Harbour Bridge on 28 July 1923 and finished the bridge on 19 January 1932. The bridge was then opened to the public on 19 March 1932.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened for use in 1932, between the business district and the North Shore of Sydney, Australia.
The total length of the Sydney Harbour Bridge including approach spans is 1149 metres and its arch span is 503 metres. The top of the arch is 134 metres above sea level.
Sydney harbour officially opened in 1932, Sydney harbour bridge is the world's widest long-span bridge and it is tallest steel arch bridge, measuring 134 metres (429.6 ft) from top to water level.Bridge length is 1,150 m.
The top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge stands 134 metres above the harbour. Its total length, including approach spans, is 1149 metres and its arch span is 503 metres. At 48.8 m wide, it was the widest bridge in the world up until 2004.
Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened to traffic on 19 March 1932. The bridge was built to connect the Sydney CBD with the North Shore commercial and residential areas on Sydney Harbour. Prior to this, the closest crossing was much further upstream. In 1912, John Bradfield was appointed chief engineer of the bridge project, which also had to include a railway. Plans were completed in 1916 but the start of World War I delayed implementation until 1922. Construction of the bridge began in 1924, and took 1400 men eight years to build at a cost of £4.2 million. See the related link for more information.
Heard of something called Google? Its 19/3/1932