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A bridge downstream of the Victoria Bridge was part of a larger plan, devised by Professor Roger Hawken of the University of Queensland in the 1920s, for a series of bridges over the Brisbane River to alleviate congestion on Victoria Bridge and to divert traffic away from the Brisbane central business district.
The William Jolly Bridge is located at the tip of the South Brisbane peninsula, a location which traditionally has been a point of crossing of the Brisbane River from pre-European settlement. Aboriginal and later European pathways and land use patterns formed the basis for subsequent traffic networks which are reflected in the location of the ...
The Goodwill Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist bridge which spans the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The bridge connects the South Bank Parklands in South Brisbane to Gardens Point in the Brisbane CBD. The Goodwill Bridge was opened on 21 October 2001 and takes its name from the Goodwill Games, which were held in Brisbane ...
Pages in category "Bridges over the Brisbane River" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The reference design for the bridge was completed by Cox and Arup. [3] The single-mast cable stayed structure has a length of 470 metres (1,540 feet) with a width of 6.8 metres (22 feet) reaching a height of 11.4 to 12.7 metres (37 to 42 feet) from high water level to the bridge deck, which is the same height as Victoria and Captain Cook bridges.
This is a list of major bridges in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: . Airport Flyover, Brisbane; Albert Bridge, Brisbane; Breakfast Creek Green Bridge; Captain Cook Bridge, Brisbane
The first bridge built across the Brisbane River was the original timber Victoria Bridge, opened in 1865 between Brisbane and South Brisbane. The current concrete Victoria Bridge is the 4th to be built on the site, the original bridge collapsed after marine borers weakened its timber piles, and the second was destroyed in the 1893 flood .
The western bridge carries traffic to the north and the eastern bridge carries traffic to the south. They are the most eastern crossings of the Brisbane River and the closest to Moreton Bay, crossing at the Quarries Reach and linking the suburbs of Eagle Farm and Murarrie. The original western bridge (formerly named the Gateway Bridge) was ...