Table of Contents

Contents

1. Closing the arch

2. A bridge too far

3. Bradfield's big plans

4. The first sod

5. Work starts

6. The price of progress

7. Tenders

8. Building the bridge

9. Characters and calamities

10. Design controversy

11. Lennie Gwyther's great adventure

12. Lang robs the bank ... de Groot steals the show

13. The people's bridge

14. Bridge lives

About the Author

Peter Lalor is an award-winning journalist and author. His first book Blood Stain was published by Allen & Unwin and won the Ned Kelly award for Best True Crime in 2003. He is the chief cricket writer for The Australian and a special commentator for Channel 7 during the summer. He studied history at the University of Melbourne and worked as a news and feature reporter for two decades before becoming a cricket writer.

Sue Lalor is a project manager and artist who took on the role of picture editor for The Bridge. Peter and Sue have two children, Lucy and Harry, and live in Sydney.