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City Ride 4 - Hyde Park to the Bridge and Milsons Point
This ride offers a seamless transition from Sydney’s newest infrastructure to its established city networks. Starting at Hyde Park, the route immediately utilizes the fresh tarmac of the new cycleway before connecting into the existing lanes of the CBD to access the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It blends the excitement of the new opening with the functional, if sometimes busy, reality of city riding.
The New Oxford Street West Cycleway
The journey begins at Hyde Park, capitalizing on the new infrastructure that opened on July 25, 2025. This section provides a vital link to existing paths like College Street and Bourke Street, immediately placing you in a fully separated bidirectional lane.
With upgraded signals at nine intersections and significant traffic calming measures, the path transforms a street previously known for high crash rates into a safe corridor for active transport.
Through the City to the Bridge
Leaving the new infrastructure, the route transitions onto Liverpool St, connecting you to the established Kent Street cycleway. While this track effectively divides cyclists from main road traffic, it demands attention; riders must navigate cars exiting driveways and the high volume of pedestrians common in the city centre.
The path leads you towards The Rocks before ramping up onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The ride across the harbour is unique, offering expansive views, though the high volume of commuters makes stopping for photos risky. The route crosses the harbour to Milsons Point, which sits higher than the city side, so you need to work a bit in heading north.
The ride currently concludes with a known bottleneck: the 50 stairs from the bridge cycleway to the ground in Milsons Point next to the Station. However, relief is on the horizon, with a dedicated bridge ramp scheduled for completion near the beginning of 2026.
You can view this ride in the following tools with RideWithGPS giving you an optional GPX download or in Google Maps with a MyMaps overlay layer
RideWithGPS City Ride Collection (ride 4) On CycleSydney Map
And here are some photographs from the Ride 4
The Sydney Harbour Bridge Cycling Ramp was opened on the 6th January, 2026. I was there and so were many other cycling bloggers as scene in this video