Fig Tree Bridge

The Fig Tree Bridge is a road bridge that carries Burns Bay Road across the Lane Cove River, and connects the suburbs of Hunters Hill in the south and Linley Point in the north, located approximately seven kilometres (four miles) northwest of the central business district of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.

The concrete girder bridge carries motor vehicles, and a grade-separated footpath and cycleway.

The original bridge was opened in 1885, and formed part of the first project to provide a fixed crossing of Sydney Harbour.

Its southern abutment, which still exists, has a viewing platform accessible from the end of Joubert Street, Hunters Hill.

[4] The current Fig Tree Bridge, which opened in September 1963, was built in conjunction with the Tarban Creek and Gladesville bridges as part of the planned North Western Expressway linking the city with the future Sydney-Newcastle Freeway.