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    Story Bridge. The Story Bridge is a heritage-listed steel cantilever bridge spanning the Brisbane River that carries vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the northern and the southern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is the longest cantilever bridge in Australia. [1] The road across the bridge is named Bradfield Highway.

  2. Indooroopilly Railway Bridge. Jack Pesch Bridge. Kurilpa Bridge. Merivale Bridge. Neville Bonner Bridge under construction. Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges. Story Bridge. Ted Smout Memorial Bridge. Victoria Bridge, Brisbane.

  3. The Brisbane River, running through Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is crossed by fifteen major bridges, from the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges downstream to the Centenary upstream. The river meanders through an urban area that comprises 2,562,000 people. There are two smaller crossings in the west of Brisbane City in the suburb of Mount Crosby ...

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    Sir Leo Hielscher (two bridges) — ...
    vehicles, cyclists & pedestrians
    Original bridge opened January 1986 by ...
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    vehicles & pedestrians
    Opened July 1940. Steel truss design. 777 ...
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    vehicles
    Opened 1972. Concrete box girder design.
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    pedestrians & cyclists
    Opened October 2001. 450 metres (1,476 ...
  4. Essentially, the Story Bridge was one of the then governments' three major public works projects, creating years of employment for many men during the Great Depression. The Story Bridge is the largest steel bridge designed, fabricated and constructed in Australia by Australians. Currently the bridge is repainted every seven years using 17500 ...

  5. Contact & Location. Story Bridge, Brisbane City Queensland 4000. www.visitbrisbane.com.au. 07 3403 8888. SOURCE www.atdw.com.au. Brisbane's Story Bridge opened for operation on July 6, 1940. This date came five years after construction commenced and fourteen years after initial recommendations for a river crossing at Kangaroo Point.

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  6. The Story Bridge, built between 1935 and 1940, is one of the most iconic structures in Brisbane. Today, The Story Bridge is known for its LED lighting displays that can be seen along the length of the Brisbane River, and as the home of the Brisbane bridge climb. To commemorate this important Queensland landmark, the State Library has collected ...

  7. Kangaroo Point. When Brisbane’s premier iconic bridge opened in 1940 (attended by 37000 people) after five years of construction it was the seventh largest of its type in the world and second in Australia after the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Its similarities with the latter stem from having the same chief consulting engineer, Dr John Bradfield ...

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