Tom Uglys Bridge, Steel and concrete bridge in southern Sydney, Australia
Tom Uglys Bridge is two road bridges side by side over the Georges River: a grey steel Pratt truss bridge from 1929 carrying three northbound lanes, and a concrete box girder bridge from 1987 carrying three southbound lanes. The 1929 bridge has nine steel truss spans totalling 499 metres, with six spans of 69.5 metres and three of 27.4 metres. Both bridges have shared bicycle and pedestrian pathways.
The original bridge replaced a ferry service in 1929 and was Australia's longest at that time, operating with tolls. A second bridge was built alongside it in 1987 to provide extra traffic capacity.
The name comes from Tom Uglys Point, used for over 80 years before the bridge was built. One theory links it to resident Tom Huxley, mispronounced by local Aboriginal people; another to Tow-weiry, an Aboriginal man who died about 1846; a third to fisherman Tom Illigley. The bridge is often misspelled Tom Ugly's Bridge.
Both bridges carry shared bicycle and pedestrian pathways. On the southern side, a boat ramp between the two bridges is reached from the northbound bridge approach. On the northern side, a loop road lets southbound Princes Highway drivers avoid the bridge and return north.
The two bridges do not run parallel to each other but gradually fan apart, starting just 5 meters apart at the north end and reaching 62 meters apart at the south end. This unusual angle reflects how they accommodate different approaches on each shore.
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