The new bridge in town. - a photo on Flickriver

A cloudy old day yesterday for our journey into "downtown" Brisbane. I wanted to have a look at progress on the new Kangaroo Point Green Bridge (a fairly uninspiring name) which runs across the river from the bottom of Edward Street up to Kangaroo Point on the other (i.e. south side). So this is a low shot from the City Botanical Gardens looking downstream.

It's quite an impressive structure, looking currently like it is having a restaurant deck half way up but the mid-structure is temporary and will be removed. One sad thing about its positioning is that from the Gardens point of view, it interrupts the very traditional view of Eagle Street precinct (on the left behind the trees) and in particular Brisbane's iconic Story Bridge which you can see partly poking out above the white and angled deck of the new bridge.

I hope they come up with a new name that commemorates something more deserving, not that I don't have sympathy with the concept of a bridge that is not only pretty good looking but designed for foot and other "green" non-road traffic.

The Brisbane City Council is behind this new bridge and has also recently opened a new one across Breakfast Creek (at its confluence with the river) at Newstead for similar traffic. I understand that a further green bridge at yet another location was shelved in 2023 budget cuts.

A better view of the whole area can be had from the top of the Kangaroo Point cliffs but that is a project for a finer day and perhaps when the bridge is complete.

As an aside, the other recently completed Sir Neville Bonner Bridge around the Gardens Point bend upstream which is also a green bridge and links Southbank Parklands with the new Queens Wharf project (six months until the whole project is complete) has of course not yet been opened. Once completed and opened, the Brisbane River within the city and suburbs will have six green bridges which include the Eleanor Schonell Bridge at the Uni of Qld which takes pedestrians and other green transport but not cars etc.. (of any type)!

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Taken on: March 23, 2024

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