Re: A couple of questions

["Ronald BESDANSKY" <ronbest@bigpond.com>]

"Glenn J-B" <grjb@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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> > And secondly, what are the other set of pylons just downstream of the
> > Hawkesbury River Bridge???  They're only about 50m or so away fro the
> current
> > bridge.
> >
> They are the pylons of the first Hawkesbury River Bridge that closed in
1946
> as one of the pylons had a major defect in it (it was about to fall into
the
> river).
>
AFAIK, they are still there because they would have to be removed down to
the river bottom, not just to the waterline. And that would be expensive.

Rgds

Ron Besdansky
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