Gateway Bridge Brisbane Australia

Gateway Bridge Brisbane Australia. Gateway Bridge Motorway in Brisbane Stock Photo Image of black, queensland 93330856 The project involves the upgrade of 20 kilometres of Brisbane's Gateway Motorway, with its signature feature comprising duplication of the 1.6km long Gateway Bridge, with a central main span of 260m. It is the most eastern crossing of the Brisbane River, closest to Moreton Bay, crossing at the Quarries Reach, between Eagle Farm and Murarrie.

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The project involves the upgrade of 20 kilometres of Brisbane's Gateway Motorway, with its signature feature comprising duplication of the 1.6km long Gateway Bridge, with a central main span of 260m. The western bridge carries traffic to the north and the eastern bridge carries traffic to the south.

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The original western bridge (formerly named the Gateway Bridge) was opened on 11 January 1986 and cost A$92 million to build The western bridge carries traffic to the north and the eastern bridge carries traffic to the south. The duplicate bridge was opened in May 2010, and cost $350 million.

Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges on Gateway motorway, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Stock Photo Alamy. The western bridge carries traffic to the north and the eastern bridge carries traffic to the south. The project involves the upgrade of 20 kilometres of Brisbane's Gateway Motorway, with its signature feature comprising duplication of the 1.6km-long Gateway Bridge, with a central main span of 260m.

Gateway Bridge Motorway in Brisbane Stock Photo Image of dual, black 93330744. The upgrade project included duplication of the Gateway Bridge over the Brisbane River Brisbane's Gateway Bridge and its duplicate was renamed the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridge in 2010 after Sir Leo who joined the public service in 1942 and will soon retire as chairman of the Queensland Treasury Corporation