Sydney’s third city—to be built around the western Sydney airport—will be named after John Bradfield, the engineer who designed and oversaw the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the city’s railway network. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said Bradfield would be Australia’s “first 22nd-century city” that would deliver up to 200,000 jobs across the western parkland precinct. “I’m very pleased that this core of the city we are building will be called Bradfield in honour of that outstanding engineer who shaped much of Sydney’s transport network, who had the vision … of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and who’s inspired generations of engineers,” she said on Tuesday. The name was chosen after extensive community consultation and endorsement by a government panel. Located north of Bringelly, Bradfield will cover more than 100 hectares and incorporate advanced manufacturing and be a research, science, and education centre. The precinct will be adjacent to the Nancy …