Victoria Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Victoria Bridge in 2020 | |
| Coordinates | 27°28′21″S 153°01′16″E / 27.472476°S 153.021022°E |
| Carries | Buses, pedestrians and cyclists |
| Crosses | Brisbane River |
| Locale | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Concrete |
| Total length | 313 m |
| No. of spans | 3 |
| History | |
| Designer | Coordinator General's Department |
| Construction end | 1969 |
| Opened | 1969 |
| Location | |
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The Victoria Bridge is a bus and pedestrian bridge over the Brisbane River. The current bridge, opened in 1969, is the third permanent crossing erected at this location. Since 24 January 2021, the bridge has been closed to general traffic, and now carries buses, pedestrians and cyclists only.[1]
The Victoria Bridge, the Brisbane River's first road crossing has had a long and interesting history. Since 1865 there have been several versions of the bridge built to connect South Brisbane (near the South Bank Parklands and Queensland Cultural Centre) to the Brisbane central business district (CBD) at North Quay.[2] Half of the road space on the bridge is now given over to the South East Busway.[3] In the 2006 Brisbane City Centre Draft Masterplan, a new crossing immediately adjacent to the Victoria Bridge, tentatively named the Adelaide Street Bridge was recommended for a feasibility study.[4]
- ^ "Victoria Bridge closure to general traffic". Brisbane City Council. 23 December 2020. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ "History of Brisbane's Victoria Bridge". John Oxley Library Blog. 19 January 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Heywood, Lachlan (14 December 2000). "Bridge changes slammed". The Courier-Mail (6 – Late City ed.). p. 009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ Tony Moore (22 November 2011). "Car ban a bridge too far". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2014.