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    The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge located in Sydney, Australia that carries bicycles, vehicles, rail, and pedestrians. Construction began in 1923 and ended in 1932, with the bridge using over 6 million rivets weighing 3.5 kilos and not being paid off until 1988, nearly 60 years after opening. It is nicknamed "The Coat Hanger" and was the longest and largest bridge when built, requiring the demolition of 800 homes along its path with no compensation.

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    The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge located in Sydney, Australia that carries bicycles, vehicles, rail, and pedestrians. Construction began in 1923 and ended in 1932, with the bridge using over 6 million rivets weighing 3.5 kilos and not being paid off until 1988, nearly 60 years after opening. It is nicknamed "The Coat Hanger" and was the longest and largest bridge when built, requiring the demolition of 800 homes along its path with no compensation.

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    The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge located in Sydney, Australia that carries bicycles, vehicles, rail, and pedestrians. Construction began in 1923 and ended in 1932, with the bridge using over 6 million rivets weighing 3.5 kilos and not being paid off until 1988, nearly 60 years after opening. It is nicknamed "The Coat Hanger" and was the longest and largest bridge when built, requiring the demolition of 800 homes along its path with no compensation.

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    Sydney Bridge

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    The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge located in Sydney, Australia that carries bicycles, vehicles, rail, and pedestrians. Construction began in 1923 and ended in 1932, with the bridge using over 6 million rivets weighing 3.5 kilos and not being paid off until 1988, nearly 60 years after opening. It is nicknamed "The Coat Hanger" and was the longest and largest bridge when built, requiring the demolition of 800 homes along its path with no compensation.

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    The Sydney Harbour

    The Sydney Harbour is a steel through arch bridge that


    carries bicyles ,vehicals,rail,and pedestrians.Locally,this
    bridge is nicknamed "The coat hanger".The Sydney Harbour bridge
    is located in Sydney,Australia.

    The construction of the bridge began on July 28th,1923 and


    ended on January 19th,1932,and opened on march 23rd,1932.There
    are no bolts,only rivets,six million of them weighing at 3.5
    kilos.The sydney Harbour was not paid for until 1988,almost 60
    years after it was opened.Being the longest and largest,they had
    to paint the bridge grey.Eight hundread famillies who lived
    along the bridge path had their homes demolished with no
    compensation.
    Until 1967 the Harbour bridge was Sydney's tallest structure.The
    hight of the bridge is 456 feet and the width is 161 feet.

    BY:TALIYAH FRANCIS

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