‘It all flows’: commuters celebrate as new Sydney Harbour Bridge bike ramp opens

The new Sydney Harbour Bridge cycleway comes after decades of campaigns, scrapped designs and local opposition. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/AAP

The Sydney Harbour Bridge cycle path has a new, smooth ramp, replacing a notorious 55-step staircase and giving cyclists a continuous route from North Sydney into the CBD after decades of campaigns, scrapped designs and local opposition.

The rare upgrade to the city’s world-famous bridge, which opened to the public on Tuesday, will help unlock the bike path for heavy e-bikes, bikes with trailers, and older riders.