Indooroopilly Railway Bridge

Coordinates: 27°30′22″S 152°58′26″E / 27.506026°S 152.973981°E / -27.506026; 152.973981
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Indooroopilly Railway
Coordinates27°30′22″S 152°58′26″E / 27.506026°S 152.973981°E / -27.506026; 152.973981
CarriesRailway
CrossesBrisbane River
LocaleBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
Official nameIndooroopilly Railway Bridge
Characteristics
DesignTruss bridge
Total length208.5 metres (684 ft)
History
Opened1957; 67 years ago (1957)
Location
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The Indooroopilly Railway Bridge is a

Ipswich Line
between 1955 and 1957.

History

Albert Bridge the first railway bridge at Indooroopilly.

The present bridge is 208.5 metres long with two equal spans. The Coordinator-General's Department designed the bridge and the Electric Power Transmission Pty Coy was the construction contractor. The superstructure was designed as a parallel chord truss bridge, fabricated in Italy by the Societa Anonima Elettrificazione S.P.A.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Queensland State Archives Series ID 18136, Indooroopilly Railway Bridge Plans, retrieved 26 November 2008