1/212/3/1962. A surveyor working on the Bribie Island Bridge. The bridge, over Pumicestone Passage, was completed in 1963 to provide the island with its first fixed link to the mainland. Picture by Jim Fenwick The Courier-Mail.
Bribie Bridge through the years
Bribie Island Bridge was officially opened on October 19, 1963. Now, 55 years on, the structure still serves as the passage between the mainland and the island.
2/218/8/1963. Investigators start probing the cause of an industrial accident during construction of the Bribie Island bridge, north of Brisbane. A crane’s mechanism failed as a bearer was being lifted into place on the Bribie end of the bridge, allowing the 22m pre-stressed concrete bearer to crash into the water. Picture by Ray Saunders.
3/218/8/1963. Investigators start probing the cause of an industrial accident during construction of the Bribie Island bridge, north of Brisbane. A crane’s mechanism failed as a bearer was being lifted into place on the Bribie end of the bridge, allowing the 22m pre-stressed concrete bearer to crash into the water. Picture by Ray Saunders.
4/2110/4/1963. Aerial view of nearly completed Bribie Island bridge. Picture by Bob Barnes.
5/2110/4/1963. Aerial view of nearly completed Bribie Island bridge. Picture by Bob Barnes. .
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10/21Bribie Island Bridge on the day it opened - October 19, 1963
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