Fullers Bridge

The Fullers Bridge, officially called the Fullers Creek Bridge, a concrete beam bridge that spans the Lane Cove River, is located northwest of the central business district of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The bridge carries the Delhi Road, part of the A38 main road from Chatswood to North Ryde.

Description

Completed in 1918, the Fullers Bridge is a six span structure, with four longitudinal deck beams on an over-vertical curve or camber. The beams have soffits which are parallel with the deck over most of their length, but curve down to the piers. The piers consist of two columns each supported by timber piles with pilecaps. The pier columns have a square core cross section with large chamfers, giving an octagonal appearance, with four tapered thickenings or buttresses. The deep headstock connecting the columns supports the four deck beams. The deck is continuous from one abutment to the other. On the upstream side of the deck a timber walkway has been installed, supported by steel cantilever beams connected under the edge of the deck. The original pipe handrails have been replaced by guardrailing. The bridge also supports utility pipes on its downstream side.