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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 54148 Indooroopilly Road Bridge, Brisbane, 1936.jpg en Indooroopilly Road Bridge Brisbane 1936 The Indooroopilly Toll Bridge was seen as advantageous over the contemporary Council Vehicular Ferry in terms of both its time-saving ability and its capacity to generate greater income A suspension type bridge was chosen as the most suitable for the site as there was no necessity for river piers eliminating the danger from flood waters and its stability would not be affected by any debris collected from the adjacent railway bridge Information taken from Indooroopilly Toll Bridge Limited Prosepectus 1931 Caption The longest suspension bridge in Australia Total length 1 305 feet Span over Brisbane River 600 feet Indooroopilly pylon 87 feet high The height of the Chelmer pylon with foundations is 187 feet Opened for road traffic February 14th 1936 Designed and built by W Taylor Esq for Indooroopilly Toll Bridge Ltd under Queensland Government franchise Directors W H Green Esq H J Foote Esq W Taylor Esq W T Smellie Esq This image depicts the foot and vehicular traffic that crowded the bridge on its opening day 1936-02-14 handle 10462/deriv/60393 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Automobiles of Australia Crowds in Australia 1936 in Brisbane Black and white photographs of Australia in the 1930s Walter Taylor Bridge Bridges in Australia photographed in 1936 | ||||
