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A bridge downstream of the Victoria Bridge was part of a larger plan, devised by Professor Roger Hawken of the University of Queensland in the 1920s, for a series of bridges over the Brisbane River to alleviate congestion on Victoria Bridge and to divert traffic away from the Brisbane central business district.
Victoria Bridge, showing buses crossing the bridge. Planning commenced on a new bridge in 1953, however in 1957 an inspection revealed that there had been no deterioration since 1949, and with careful maintenance, its life would be indefinite. [22] A new bridge, which was opened on 14 April 1969, [7] was needed to meet growing traffic demands. [16]
Victoria Bridge Abutment is a heritage-listed road bridge remnant at 74 Stanley Street, South Brisbane, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Alfred Barton Brady and built in 1896 by Arthur Midson.
Today the square hosts a number of notable landmarks including the Captain James Cook statue, Queen Victoria statue, H. L. Bowker Fountain, and a Ngāi Tahu pouwhenua. It also features the country's oldest cast iron and stone bridge, now known as the Hamish Hay Bridge. Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre faces into the square on its southern ...
Melbourne city centre - Southbank ... Victoria Bridge: 146 479: 313 1,027: Box girder Prestressed concrete: Melbourne Street - Queen Street Brisbane River. 1969:
Victoria Bridge, Hamilton, a road bridge across the Waikato River in Hamilton; United Kingdom. Royal Victoria Dock Bridge, a footbridge across the Royal Victoria Dock near the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London, England; Victoria Bridge, Aberdeen, correctly known as Queen Victoria Bridge; Victoria Bridge, Bath, a cable-stayed bridge over the ...
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Victoria Bridge is a continuous iron through-bridge (the deck is between the girders rather than on top of them). The three main girders, each spanning a clear 56.7 metres (186 ft), were designed and constructed as one 181-metre (594 ft) long continuous structure (no separations over the piers), a novel structural feature for 1867 (Maw and Dredge).