14-516: Northbridge or North Bridge may refer to: Places [ edit ] Australia Northbridge, New South Wales , a suburb of Sydney Northbridge, Western Australia , a suburb of Perth Long Gully Bridge , a bridge between the Sydney suburbs of Cammeray and Northbridge England North Bridge, Halifax Poland North Bridge, Warsaw Scotland North Bridge, Edinburgh ,
28-806: A bridge linking the old and new towns Northbridge, marketing name for residential developments in Sighthill, Glasgow United States Northbridge, Massachusetts , a suburb of Worcester North Bridge (Harrisburg) , crossing the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania The North Bridge, colloquially called the Old North Bridge , Concord, Massachusetts, focal point of the Battle of Concord Mark Morris Memorial Bridge , connecting Clinton, Iowa, and Fulton, Illinois Other uses [ edit ] Northbridge (computing) ,
42-570: A butchery, a bakery, a chemist, and a selection of clothing and specialty shops. Located outside of Northbridge Plaza along Sailors Bay Road are several cafes providing breakfast, lunch and coffee options, and restaurants including Indian, Thai, Japanese, and pizza establishments, offering eat-in or takeaway food. Busways routes 202, 203, 207, 208 and 209 from Bridge Street , in the Sydney CBD, travel through Northbridge via North Sydney . Peak hour bus routes 204, 205 and 206 operates to city via
56-642: A chip that implements the "faster" capabilities of the motherboard See also [ edit ] Nordbrücke (disambiguation) (German for Northbridge ) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Northbridge . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northbridge&oldid=989946470 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
70-439: A driver or as passenger). 60% of employed people worked at home. Northbridge has a vantage point over Middle Harbour with the harbourside parks (Clive, Elizabeth and Hallstrom Parks) all offering great views. Northbridge features an 18-hole harbour view golf course, soccer club, sailing club, marina, salt water baths, scout hall, girl guides, tennis courts, parks, ovals, local reserves and bike track. The Bond's Corner bike track
84-563: A large house, 'Figtree House', since demolished, at what is now Hallstrom Close and Hallstrom Point Park, until his death in 1970. Former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke purchased a waterfront property in Northbridge shortly before the end of his tenure and resided there until his death in 2019. 33°48′48″S 151°13′02″E / 33.81325°S 151.21717°E / -33.81325; 151.21717 Long Gully Bridge Too Many Requests If you report this error to
98-466: A recognised symbol of Northbridge, completed in January 1892 and purchased by the state government in 1912. The suburb celebrated its centenary in 2013. Northbridge took its name from its location, north of a sandstone suspension bridge built in 1892. The bridge was constructed by a team of land developers at a cost of A£ 42,000 and originally known as North Sydney Bridge. The engineer responsible for
112-649: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Northbridge, New South Wales Northbridge is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia . It is located 6 kilometres north of the Sydney Central Business District , in the local government area of the City of Willoughby . Northbridge is a leafy suburb, set in surroundings of bush bounded by
126-627: The Warringah Freeway . CDC NSW also operates bus route 194 to Wynyard and Town Hall via the Warringah Freeway. A bus stop is located at the major intersection between Strathallen Avenue and Sailors Bay Road. At the 2011 census , 22% of employed people travelled to work on public transport and 52% by car (either as driver or as passenger). This is compared with the 2021 census , where 2% of employed people stated they travelled to work on public transport and 25% by car (either as
140-429: The aftermath of World War I , and through the 1920s, new houses, roads, schools and shops were built in the suburb. Since that time, Northbridge has maintained a number of Federation-style detached houses. Northbridge Plaza is a shopping centre managed by AMP Capital for two overseas owners. It is located on the corner of Eastern Valley Way and Sailors Bay Road, and it features a Woolworths supermarket, groceries,
154-523: The construction was J. E. Coyle and the style was Federation Gothic, with medieval motifs as "unexpected embellishments". It has been known as the Northbridge and Cammeray Suspension Bridge but is now called the Long Gully Bridge . The land where the suspension bridge was built belonged to William Twemlow, a Sydney jeweler. In 1868 he purchased the land extending from Fig Tree Point to the head of Long Bay, (now Northbridge). He initially regarded
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#1732772305403168-456: The eastern waterways of The Outpost, located within proximity of Middle Harbour . Northbridge is an affluent suburb, ranking in the top 10 postcodes in Australia by average taxable income. As of April 2024 the median house price is $ 5.2m and Northbridge is also home to Australia's most expensive street, Hallstrom Close. The Suspension Bridge , linking the suburb to Cammeray, has become
182-621: The land as valueless but changed his mind when he made a handsome profit by selling some of it to an English syndicate who built the suspension bridge. Twemlow decided to build a two-storey home called The Hermitage, on Fig Tree Point, from sandstone quarried on the estate, which took a year to cut. As this was the first house built in this locality, transport was a problem and Twemlow had to sail through The Spit and around Middle Head to Circular Quay , from where he walked to his shop at Sydney Arcade. Northbridge Post Office opened on 25 November 1920. Suburban development of Northbridge occurred in
196-981: Was designed and created by a group of friends who believed Northbridge needed an area that appealed to the increasing bike riding population of the town. The nearby Willoughby Leisure Centre is easily accessible through Small Street or a nearby track. As of the 2021 census , the suburb of Northbridge recorded a population of 6,493. Of these: Several notable Australians live in Northbridge including former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian , federal 'teal' independent MP and businesswoman Kylea Tink , former rugby league champions Laurie Daley and Jason Taylor , former Wallabies player Phil Waugh , Seven News presenter and journalist Chris Reason and Australian journalist Kathryn Robinson . The composer Dulcie Holland and her conductor husband Alan Bellhouse both lived in Kameruka Road in Northbridge until their deaths. The businessman and philanthropist, Edward Hallstrom , lived in
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