Endeavour Bridge

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title: "Endeavour Bridge" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bridges-in-sydney", "cooks-river", "botany-bay", "bridges-completed-in-1951", "1951-establishments-in-australia", "road-bridges-in-new-south-wales", "highway-1-(australia)", "kyeemagh,-new-south-wales", "mascot,-new-south-wales"] description: "Bridge in Australia" topic_path: "science/biology" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endeavour_Bridge" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Bridge in Australia ::

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Field	Value
name	Endeavour Bridge
image	Endeavour Bridge.JPG
image_upright	1.5
caption	Endeavour Bridge, looking south-east
coordinates
carries	General Holmes Drive
crosses	Cooks River
locale	, Bayside Council, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
starts
ends	Kyeemagh
named_for
owner	Transport for NSW
preceded	M5 East Motorway
lanes	6
open
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	14
extra
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The bridge is maintained by Transport for NSW.

History

The Endeavour Bridge was opened to traffic in May 1951 as two, two-lane bridges. The road carries motor vehicles and a grade-separated pedestrian footpath.

It was built due to the diversion of Cooks River required by the expansion of Kingsford-Smith Airport. The bridges were constructed before the water flow was diverted beneath them.

In 1963 the two bridges were widened by extending their decks into the area between them, resulting in one six-lane bridge. This upgrade was undertaken in conjunction with the upgrade of General Holmes Drive from four to six lanes, which was the first upgrading of a 'county road' as part of the County of Cumberland Planning Scheme.

Etymology

The Endeavour Bridge takes its name from , the ship commanded by James Cook, an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Lieutenant Cook and the crew of the Endeavour were the first recorded European expedition to navigate and map the eastern coastline of Australia. They arrived in nearby Botany Bay in 1770.

References

References

1. (10 June 1951). "FACE-LIFT FOR SYDNEY'S AIRPORT.". [[The Sunday Herald (Sydney).
2. (14 April 2019). "SOUTHERN CROSS DRIVE & GENERAL HOLMES DRIVE". OzRoads.

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