Anzac Bridge

 

 

 The Anzac Bridge, opened in 1995, is one of the seven main bridges around Sydney that make up the annual ‘7 Bridges Walk’.

Anzac Bridge links the CBD to the Inner West and northern suburbs but with its multiple lanes of traffic in both directions, it’s not the most ideal bridge for pedestrians. Apart from the 7 Bridges Walk, I’d never normally walk across it.

 
The bridge honours the WWI Anzacs, many of who never returned home and died and were buried overseas. Two bronze statues of soldiers - one Australian and one New Zealander - stand in tribute to these men. Although you can't see it, a handful of sand from Gallipoli (Turkey) rests under the foot of the Aussie digger.

 
I drive over this bridge often but I recently saw it from the Sydney Fish Markets. From here, you get a nice view of the two diamond-shaped pylons that rise up, each 120m tall, and the fan-like stay cables that that give the bridge its distinctive look.