ANZAC Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over Johnstons Bay between the suburbs of Pyrmont and Rozelle. Anzac Bridge opened in 1995 and replaced the Glebe Island Bridge, an electrically operated swing bridge that operated since 1901. The new bridge had the same name when it opened but it was changed to ANZAC Bridge on Remembrance Day, 11th November 1998, to honour the memory of the soldiers who served in World War I in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). An Australian flag flies on the eastern pylon and a New Zealand flag flies on the western pylon. Today is Rememberence Day and Australians pause for a minute of silence at 11am to remember those lives lost in wars.
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