Indooroopilly Railway Bridge
The Indooroopilly Railway Bridge is a railway bridge of steel truss design which crosses the Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia. The Indooroopilly Railway Bridge links Indooroopilly and Chelmer stations, and has two long spans with one central pier. It was built just upstream and parallel to the Albert Bridge as part of the quadruplication of the Ipswich Line between 1955–1957.
Indooroopilly Railway | |
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| Coordinates | 27.506026°S 152.973981°E |
| Carries | Railway |
| Crosses | Brisbane River |
| Locale | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Official name | Indooroopilly Railway Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Truss bridge |
| Total length | 208.5 metres (684 ft) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1957 |
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History
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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]
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See also
References
- Queensland State Archives Series ID 18136, Indooroopilly Railway Bridge Plans, retrieved 26 November 2008
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