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NSW Government. Transport. Roads & Maritime Services	Road Projects

Sydney Harbour Bridge precinct

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Getting onto the bridge

A photograph of the Sydney Harbour Bridge cycleway

You can get onto the bridge from all directions. The map below shows how to cycle onto or walk onto the bridge.

CYCLEWAYS AND THE NSW BIKEPLAN

On average, over 1600 cyclists travel across the Sydney Harbour Bridge Bike Path every weekday. The number of cycle commuters using the bridge has increased by about 60 percent since 2007, following the opening of the North Shore Cycleway between North Ryde and Naremburn.

That makes the Sydney Harbour Bridge Bike Path the busiest link in the Metro Sydney Bike Network. Further improvements to cycle routes that connect to the bridge are planned. Funding was provided under the Metropolitan Transport Plan (2010) and it supports the NSW State Plan (2010) objective to increase community cycling.

Roads and Maritime Services aims to provide Sydney cyclists with a safe, enjoyable cycle network. The identified new bike path projects will encourage greater use of bicycles throughout Sydney.

The plan is not only about building new places to ride a bike. It is also about promoting cycling as a mainstream means of transport for everyday use. The NSW Government is investing in numerous cycling encouragement initiatives, which focus on giving people the skills and information to get around NSW cities and towns by this sustainable transport mode. Find more information at http://www.bicycleinfo.nsw.gov.au/

NORTH SHORE CYCLEWAY

The extension of the North Shore Cycleway south of Naremburn, towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge, is a recognised major missing link in the Metro Sydney Bike Network.

The first stage of this project involves the design and construction of a high quality off-road shared pedestrian / cycle path along the Warringah Freeway corridor (one of the busiest roads in Australia), to connect the present ending point of the cycleway at Merrenburn Avenue, Naremburn to the existing pedestrian / cycle bridge at Ridge Street, North Sydney. Early works have already been built as part of the Warringah Freeway Bus Layover and the Falcon Street pedestrian and cyclist facilities projects at Cammeray. Later stages of the North Shore Cycleway project would respond to the 'HarbourLink' community idea, connecting North Sydney to the Sydney Harbour Bridge Bike Path.

In partnership with Roads and Maritime Services, in 2009 North Sydney Council commissioned an in-depth study of the costs and benefits of staged completion of the North Shore Cycleway. See North Sydney Council for more information.

North Sydney Council – 'HarbourLink Project'

HARBOUR BRIDGE TO WOOLLOOMOOLOO CYCLEWAY

Concept studies for this missing link in the Metro Sydney Bike Network will identify route options to connect the Harbour Bridge Bike Path at The Rocks to the City of Sydney's Bourke Street Cycleway, and look at options, opportunities and constraints in consultation with stakeholders including the local community.

Following concept studies, route projects can proceed to detailed design so that building can start when funding is available.

Inner Sydney regional bicycle network report

In 2010, the City of Sydney commissioned independent research to quantify the economic benefits of the proposed Inner Sydney Regional Bike Network. See City of Sydney for more information.