Endeavour Bridge

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Endeavour Bridge
Endeavour Bridge, looking south-east
Coordinates	33°56′50″S 151°10′04″E / 33.947098°S 151.167884°E / -33.947098; 151.167884
Carries	General Holmes Drive Motor vehicles Pedestrians
Crosses	Cooks River
Locale	Mascot, Bayside Council, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Begins	Mascot
Ends	Kyeemagh
Named for	HMS Endeavour
Owner	Transport for NSW
Preceded by	M5 East Motorway
Characteristics
No. of lanes	6
History
Opened	May 1951 (1951-05)
Location

The Endeavour Bridge is a road bridge that carries the General Holmes Drive (A1) across the Cooks River, from Mascot to Kyeemagh in the Bayside Council local government area in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The bridge is located adjacent to the river mouth, where the Cooks River empties into Botany Bay.

The bridge is maintained by Transport for NSW, an agency of the Government of New South Wales.

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.^[1]

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.^{[2][self-published source]}

The Endeavour Bridge takes its name from HMS Endeavour, 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.

• List of bridges in Sydney

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• Ports and Maritime Administration Regulation 2012 (NSW)