The Sydney Harbour Bridge, respectlessly called coathanger by the locals, has spanned the harbour since 1932 after nine years of construction.It is one of the longest one-bow bridges in the world with a length of 1,150 m; the bow itself being 504 m long. Thus the bridge is just 66 cm shorter than the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, but much heavier; 53,000 tons of steel were used in the building process. Each day over 200,000 cars cross the bridge paying a toll of $2 each when entering the city.
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