Climb Sydney Harbor Bridge...And Get The Biggest Climb Of Your Life!

Climb the Sydney Harbor Bridge and put your self into a 'new height'!

Yes, this is one of the latest thrill in Sydney. It is one of those things to do that will really take your breath away!

When planning your vacation, you will need to ensure that the top tourist attractions are in your itinerary. Sydney is home to some of the world's most unique architecture. So when visiting this great city, one place you cannot miss is the Sydney Harbor Bridge. It is truly breathtaking.

The simple fact is that the harbor bridge is a masterpiece in both design and structure. You can, when visiting the bridge, take a tour. You can in fact climb the southern side of the bridge from the Rocks. You are given a safety briefing, and are secured to a wire lifeline at all times. This truly offers one of the best view of the harbor.

The Sydney Harbor Bridge is a steel arch bridge which is stretched over the Sydney Harbor. It is designed to carry cars, trains and even pedestrians from the business district of Sydney to the North Shore. The amazing sight of the Harbor Bridge, the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbor are one of the most iconic pictures ever used.

The bridge was built in 1932 and until 1967 was Sydney's tallest structure... now it is the Sydney Tower.

The bridge has several places in the Guinness Book of Records. These include being the widest long-span bridge and tallest steel arch bridge, with its incredible height of 134 metres from top to water level, it is not hard to see why.

The main arch on this amazing structure is built using arch trusses, with their height varying between 18 metres and 57 metres.Sydneysiders nicknamed the bridge the "coat hanger" due to its shape and design.

The Sydney Harbor Bridge weighs an incredible 39,006 tones, and about 79% of the steel which was used to build the bridge came from England.

At each end ofthe bridge there are a pair of granite and concrete pylons. These serve no actual structural purpose to the harbor bridge.They were placed there purely for visual reasons. Now they hold the CCTV's for the bridge and on New Year's Eve, the countdown numbers appear on the pylons.

Over the years there have been alternations done to the bridge. In 1958 the trams were no longer used so it was seen fit to replace the tram lines with two further traffic lanes.

Also in 1988 it was decided that a tunnel would be built to complement the bridge to help with the ever growing traffic demand to use the bridge.

In 1992 the tunnel was completed, and is now intended for motor vehicles only.

The Sydney Harbor Bridge is still a travelling stock route. This means that you are allowed to herd livestock across the bridge to get to your destination. After giving notice of intention, this is permitted between midnight and dawn, although no one has actually done this for over a century.

Originally, it was in place in both directions to try and recoup the money spent building the harbor bridge. This was done in 1980 and then it was needed to be continued to pay for the tunnel to be built.

The Sydney Harbor Bridge had its first major paint job in 2006. Because of its size, the bridge has to be painted all year. They start at one end and when they finish, they simply start again.

The construction team were concerned that the layers of paint were weighting the bridge down. So they set about giving it a total face lift. The old paint was blasted off. The bridge was then sealed and then repainted. This was a mammoth task but the Harbor Bridge looked fantastic when they had finished.

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