Houghton Highway | |
|---|---|
 Houghton Highway Bridge, 2019 | |
| Coordinates | 27°16′43″S 153°04′03″E / 27.27871°S 153.067623°E |
| Carries |   Motor vehicles, 3 lanes |
| Crosses | Hays Inlet at Bramble Bay |
| Locale | Redcliffe (Clontarf) north end, Brisbane (Brighton) south end, Queensland, Australia |
| Official name | Houghton Highway |
| Maintained by | Department of Main Roads |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Reinforced concrete viaduct |
| Total length | 2,740 m (8,990 ft) |
| Width | 11.1 m (36 ft) |
| History | |
| Opened | 20 December 1979 |
| Location | |
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The Houghton Highway is a 2.74 km (1.70 mi) reinforced concrete viaduct,[1] the second bridge to be built across Hays Inlet at Bramble Bay connecting the cities of Redcliffe and Brisbane in Queensland, Australia (the first bridge was the Hornibrook Bridge). The bridge, along with the third bridge, the Ted Smout Memorial Bridge, were the longest bridges in the country until 27 March 2013, when the Macleay River Bridge opened in Kempsey, NSW.[2]
Originally built to duplicate the crossing capacity, almost immediately after opening it was converted to a three lane roadway with 'peak flow' lane control as a result of the proposed upgrading of the Hornibrook Bridge being deemed uneconomic. The intended crossing capacity was finally provided with the opening of the Ted Smout Memorial Bridge in 2010.
- ^ Louise McCormick (28 August 2001). "Use of Advanced Fibre Composites in Concrete Rehabilitation" (PDF). Queensland Government Department of Main Roads. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Tony Moore (11 July 2010). "Bligh opens $315m Ted Smout Bridge". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2010.