November 10, 1962
The Silverwater Bridge in Sydney, the capital city of Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW), was officially opened. This structure, which spans the Parramatta River in Sydney’s suburb of Silverwater, was the first concrete box girder bridge built in NSW. Bob Heffron (1890-1978), who was the premier of NSW from 1959 to 1964, performed the inaugural duties for the Silverwater Bridge.
Measuring 620.1 feet (189 meters) in length, this bridge carries Silverwater Road — part of the major metropolitan arterial route designated as A6 — across the river and connects the suburb of Silverwater in the south with the suburbs of Rydalmere and Ermington in the north.
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For more information on the Silverwater Bridge, please check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverwater_Bridge
Additional information on A6, a Sydney-area route, is available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A6_(Sydney)
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