Green Bridge, Brisbane
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Green Bridge nearing completion, July 2006 |
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Green Bridge Under Construction |
The
Green Bridge, due for completion in early
2007, will be Australia's first bridge
designed for the exclusive use of
buses,
bicycles and
pedestrians. The construction of the bridge has included the creation of a new road through
Dutton Park and the expansion of Annerley Road. The bridge will be a 400 metre cable-stay bridge providing a dedicated bus corridor, cycle path, pedestrian walkway and new UQ bus station.
Another related proposal is called the
Boggo Road Busway, which would link the Green Bridge with the
CityTrain network at
Park Road station and beyond through to the
South-East Busway. The bridge will be most useful to southside commuters travelling to the
University of Queensland's main
St Lucia campus, thereby easing
congestion on
Coronation Drive and other roads.
The name of the bridge, as of
2006, is undecided but six names have been officially proposed:
*
Eleanor Schonell Bridge
* Green Bridge
* Harmony Bridge
*
Hawken Bridge
*
Mayne Bridge
* University Bridge
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Bridges of Brisbane*
Eastern Busway, Brisbane*
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