Captain Cook Bridge, Brisbane
Bridge in Australia
The Captain Cook Bridge is a road bridge that carries the Pacific Motorway across the Brisbane River in Brisbane, in the state of Queensland, Australia. It was built exclusively for vehicular traffic and was completed in late 1972. The bridge had its naming ceremony on 13 December 1972, with it opening in January/February 1973. A once only pedestrian walk event across the bridge happened shortly before it was opened to vehicular traffic on 21 January 1973, organised by the Rotary Club of Stones Corner.[4] The bridge crosses at the South Brisbane Reach of the river, linking Gardens Point in the Brisbane central business district on the north side to Kangaroo Point and South Brisbane on the southside.
Captain Cook Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 27°28′50″S 153°01′45″E / 27.480562°S 153.029101°E / -27.480562; 153.029101 |
Carries | Pacific Motorway (Motor vehicles: eight lanes) |
Crosses | Brisbane River |
Locale | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Official name | Captain Cook Bridge |
Named for | Captain James Cook |
Preceded by | Goodwill Bridge |
Followed by | Story Bridge |
Characteristics | |
Material | Concrete box girder |
Total length | 555 metres (1,821 ft) |
Longest span | 183 metres (600 ft) |
Clearance below | 12.7 metres (42 ft) |
History | |
Designer | Albert Contessa (Chief Engineer) |
Contracted lead designer | Co-Ordinator Generals Department |
Constructed by | Transfield Constructions |
Construction start | 1968 |
Construction end | 1972 |
Construction cost | $24 million[1] |
Opened | 1972 (1972) |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | ~150,000 (as of 2007) |
Location | |
References | |
[2][3] |
- ^ "Engineering Heritage Inner Brisbane" (PDF). Engineers Australia. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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