Captain Cook Bridge, Sydney, view from Sans Souci

Captain Cook Bridge, Sydney, view from Blakehurst

Captain Cook Bridge, Sydney, view from Taren Point Road.

The Captain Cook Bridge is one of three major road crossings of the Georges River. It crosses at the mouth of the river into Botany Bay. Captain Cook Bridge was opened in 1965. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 507 pixelsFull resolution (1040 × 659 pixel, file size: 84 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Captain Cook Bridge from Sans Souci, Sydney, Australia. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 507 pixelsFull resolution (1040 × 659 pixel, file size: 84 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Captain Cook Bridge from Sans Souci, Sydney, Australia. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 372 pixelsFull resolution (2593 × 1206 pixel, file size: 619 KB, MIME type: image/gif)Captain Cook Bridge Sydney, Australia. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 372 pixelsFull resolution (2593 × 1206 pixel, file size: 619 KB, MIME type: image/gif)Captain Cook Bridge Sydney, Australia. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 584 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Captain Cook Bridge from Taren Point Road in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 584 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Captain Cook Bridge from Taren Point Road in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Taren Point Road is a major road found in Taren Point and Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia. ... The Georges River is a waterway in the state of New South Wales in Australia. ... For other Botany Bays see Botany Bay (disambiguation) Bicentennial Monument at Botany Bay Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a few kilometers south of the central business district. ...

The Captain Cook Bridge carries three lanes of traffic in either direction and links Rocky Point Road at Sans Souci in the St George area to Taren Point Road at Taren Point in the Sutherland Shire. There are also two pedestrian walkways along either side of the bridge. Loop walkways for pedestrians also run under the bridge at Sans Souci and Taren Point to provide easy access along the foreshore. Sans Souci - In 1853 Thomas Mort [1] gave the name to an already existing house Rocky Point House that he had just bought (which later became the Sans Souci Hotel). ... St. ... Taren Point Road is a major road found in Taren Point and Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia. ... Taren Point is a suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The Sutherland Shire, is a Local Government Area in the Southern Sydney region of Sydney, Australia. ...

The other two crossings over the Georges River are Tom Uglys Bridge which opened in 1929 and Alfords Point Bridge which opened in 1973. Tom Uglys Bridge connects Blakehurst to Sylvania. Alfords Point Bridge connects Alfords Point to Padstow Heights. Tom Uglys Bridge is one of three major road crossings of the Georges River. ... Alfords Point Bridge is one of three major road crossings of the Georges River. ... Blakehurst, view from Shipwrights Bay Blakehurst, The Castle (centre) on Shipwrights Bay Blakehurst is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Sylvania is a suburb in the south of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Alfords Point is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... Padstow Heights is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

History

The Captain Cook Bridge is named after Captain James Cook who landed at nearby Kurnell on 29 April 1770, when navigating his way around Australia on his ship, the Endeavour. Captain James Cook may refer to: James Cook - British explorer, navigator, and map maker Captain James Cook (TV miniseries) - 1987 Australian television miniseries This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Kurnell is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Battle of Chesma, by Ivan Aivazovsky. ... HMB Endeavour was a small 18th century British sailing ship, famous for being the vessel commanded by Lt. ...

The speed limit was initally 90kmh for many years, but has recently been reduced to 80kmh.