ONLY Habitable Bridge - Bridge, Qld, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 27° 30.342 E 152° 58.416
56J E 497392 N 6957551
This is stated as the ONLY Habitable Bridge in the Southern Hemisphere.
Waymark Code: WM112C5
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 08/03/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jhuoni
Views: 2

The Steinman-style Suspension Bridge, 'was conceived, designed, built and funded by local visionary Walter Taylor, a contractor who lived in Graceville' [Wiki]. The suspension cables used here had been used in the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

'The bridge is unique among Brisbane bridges in that the two towers of the bridge house residential accommodation, which were occupied until mid 2010 when the last members of the original toll master's family moved out.' [Also ex-Wikipedia: (visit link) ]

The bridge was opened on 14 February, 1936, costing £85,000, and operated as a toll bridge until the 1960's. It was initially called the Indooroopilly Toll Bridge, and renamed in 1956 after Walter Taylor's death (1955) in his honour. [ex- (visit link) ]

Visited: 0833, Sunday, 19 May, 2019
[Found while on my way to a Trig Point in Brisbane at the Windmill.]
Type of documentation of superlative status: Wikipedia

Location of coordinates: Middle of the Suspension Bridge

Web Site: [Web Link]

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