Story Bridge

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Brisbanetimes --> Story Bridge would never be built today, says mayor

The Story Bridge would never be built today, Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said as Brisbane prepared to celebrate 75 years of the city's most famous river crossing.

That was not to say there would not be a bridge at Kangaroo Point.

Rather, the distinctive steel structure would likely take on a much less visually impressive form ...

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Story Bridge >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_Bridge

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It would be a tunnel, with an outlet at fortitude valley...

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It would be a tunnel, with an outlet at fortitude valley...

...in debt, and with  7 buses/day travelling through it in one direction only.

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ABC News --> Story Bridge turns 75: World War II, paying 'resentful tolls' and getting over the Great Depression in 1940

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State Library of Qld ‏@slqld 20m

Original programme from the official opening of the Story Bridge, 6 July 1940, 11am (from @slqld collection)

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Trolley bus on Story Bridge

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Queensland History ‏@History_Qld 6m

Aerial view of #StoryBridge, 1948. Taken by Whites Aviation. (@NLNZ collection) #StoryBridge75

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Couriermail --> Council asks feds for cash to keep Story Bridge going as lifespan nears end $

One of Brisbane's most iconic landmarks, the Story Bridge, will reach the end of its lifespan by 2040 unless expensive repairs ramp up.

Council revealed at its August 6, meeting that despite spending $78 million on the structure in the past five years even more expensive work was yet to come.

The 84-year-old bridge needed a major new renewal program to outlive its 100-year lifespan, which Council said was beyond its financial capacity. ...

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