Bridge Victoria bridge – road and pedestrian bridge over the Brisbane river. The current bridge, opened in 1969, this is the third permanent crossing of the river, built on this site. The bridge is divided into lanes for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.
Victoria bridge connects the Park of the South Coast and Queensland cultural centre with a business centre of Brisbane on the Northern waterfront. In the General plan of the City centre of Brisbane is a new crossing immediately adjacent to Victoria bridge and while having the name "Adelaide street bridge, which will take on the part of pedestrians, cyclists, buses and possibly a monorail public transport, to free Victoria bridge exclusively for cars, as it was before.
The construction of the first bridge across the Brisbane river began on 22 August 1864. The bridge, known as Brisbane, was made of wood and quickly started to crumble because of an invasion of marine larvae of dramaticize, finally collapsed in April 1867. The city Council failed to repair the bridge, and its fragments in the two years fell into the river.
The new crossing, which was opened in July 1874 the Governor of Queensland, was iron, and the fare for her duty was levied. The bridge was built with money taken by the City Council on loan, which were to be recouped from fees. However, the lack of profit has led to the fact that the bridge was acquired by the Colonial Government, which established the movable spans, so that ships with tall masts could go up-stream. Then on the bridge were laid tram lines. During the flood of 1893, the bridge was partially washed away by the raging flow of the Brisbane river. In 1897 he built another bridge, which operated until 1969, when it was destroyed. At the same time for the transport of goods and people used ferries. The bridge was built of steel and had two carriageways and two footways. In 1943 it became apparent deflection of the bridge due to increased traffic. Tram routes had to be limited, and walking paths take them.
The new bridge, opened on April 14, 1969, was necessary due to the increasing car traffic. Its construction at a cost of 3, 2 million Australian dollars.