Spit Bridge

At the end of Spit West Reserve is the Spit Bridge. The Spit’s importance as a link to the Northern Beaches was recognised early, and the first Spit Bridge was constructed in 1924, while the new Spit Road was being built, and the bridge was the largest public work ever undertaken by the council.[1] It was a timber structure that had a bascule lift structure, opening to allow boats to pass through. However, it could not bear the weight of trams that travelled down to the Spit and took passengers up through the Northern Beaches.[2] Delays, heavy traffic and accidents led to calls for replacement in the 1940s. The current Spit Bridge begun construction in 1952, and opened in November 1958.[3]

[1] Mosman Municipal Council, Parkland Environmental Planners, and Philips Marler, The Spit Reserves Plan of Management: Public Exhibition Draft, p. 21.

[2] Souter, Mosman, p. 263.

[3] Souter, Mosman, p. 263.