Bridges of Brisbane
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The Brisbane River running through Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is crossed by 13 major bridges, from the Gateway downsteam to the Centenary upsteam. The river meanders through an urban area that comprises 1.8 million people.
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| 1 | Gateway | vehicles | Opened January 1986. Concrete box girder design. 260 metre (853 ft) main span. |
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| 2 | Story | vehicles & pedestrians |
Opened July 1940. Steel truss design. 777 metres (2,549 ft) long with a 282 metre (925 ft) main span. |
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| 3 | Captain Cook | vehicles | Opened 1972. Concrete box girder design. 555 metres (1,821 ft) long with 183 metre (600 ft) main span. |
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| 4 | Goodwill | pedestrians & cyclists |
Opened October 2001. 450 metres (1,476 ft) long with 102 metre (335 ft) main span. |
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| 5 | Victoria | vehicles & pedestrians |
Opened 1969. Replaced its namesake. 146.3 metre (480 ft) main span. |
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| 6 | William Jolly — also known as the Grey Street Bridge |
vehicles & pedestrians | Opened March 1932. Concrete arch design. 498 metres (1,634 ft) long with a 73 metre (240 ft) main span. |
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| 7 | Merivale | rail | Opened November 1978. Tied steel arch design. Main span 132 metre (433 ft). |
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| 8 | Eleanor Schonell — formerly known as the Green Bridge. |
buses, cyclists & pedestrians |
Opened December 2006. Cable-stayed design. 390 metres (1,280 ft) long. |
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| 9 | Jack Pesch | pedestrians | Opened October 1998. Steel cable-stay design. |
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| 10 | Albert | rail | Opened 1895. Steel truss design. Replaced its namesake. 208 metres (682 feet) long with two spans each 103.7 metres (340 feet). |
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| 11 | Unnamed railway bridge | rail | ||
| 12 | Walter Taylor | vehicles & pedestrians |
Opened February 1936. Suspension design. Main span 182.9 metres (600 ft). The bridge's towers are occupied. |
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| 13 | Centenary | vehicles & pedestrians |
Concrete girder |
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[edit] Future bridges
- Duplication of the Gateway Bridge is underway. The exact copy of the existing bridge will be completed by 2011.
- A toll bridge at Hale Street is to be built west of the Merivale Bridge, and will alleviate traffic traveling through the CBD by diverting motorists headed for inner south Brisbane away from the CBD. Intended, these motorists can avoid the CBD completely by following the Inner City Bypass
- In 2007 the Smart State Council announced plans for a series of new green mode bridges for Brisbane. The Tank Street Bridge is already funded and the Goodwill Bridge and Eleanor Schonell Bridge are already constructed. New bridges include a connection from Margaret Street near the Stock Exchange in the City to Thornton Street, Kangaroo Point. From Cairns Street Kangaroo Point a new bridge will connect to the end of the floating riverwalk at Merthyr Road, New Farm. And from Merthyr Road, Teneriffe a new bridge will connect to Hardcaste Park, Hawthorne (near Lindsay Street). These new bridges will create a green mode corridor over 5 green bridges from Morningside, through Hawthorne, Teneriffe, New Farm, Kangaroo Point, City, North Bank, South Bank, Dutton Park and Boggo Road to the University of Queensland.
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Legend
Brisbane River and Moreton Bay Road bridges Rail bridges Pedestrian only bridges Bus and pedestrian only bridges
[edit] Cross river tunnels
Currently, no tunnels cross the Brisbane River, although the North-South Bypass Tunnel will be constructed in the near future.
[edit] External links
- Historical Brisbane River Map - shows the positions of Brisbane bridges on the river
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