Go Between Bridge, Cantilever bridge in Brisbane City, Australia.
The Go Between Bridge is a three-span, twin concrete box girder structure over the Brisbane River, built by balanced cantilever construction, with a main span of 117 m. Its four lanes link Merivale and Cordelia Streets in West End to Hale Street and the Inner City Bypass at Milton. A 3.6 m pedestrian path runs on the eastern city side and a cycleway on the western Toowong side; because the bridge is steep, the pedestrian path is a separate structure at a lesser grade.
Construction began in July 2008 and the bridge opened to traffic on 5 July 2010, built by the Hale Street Link Alliance of Bouygues Travaux Publics, Macmahon Holdings, Seymour Whyte and Hyder Consulting at a cost of A$338 million. It was part of Campbell Newman's TransApex plan and the first inner-city traffic bridge in Brisbane in 40 years. The final concrete pour for the main span took place on 2 December 2009.
The bridge takes its name from Brisbane's indie rock band The Go-Betweens, chosen through public voting. This name reflects the role the structure plays in connecting two parts of the city.
The pedestrian path runs on the eastern city side and was built as a separate structure at a lesser grade than the steep roadway, meeting disabled access requirements. The cycleway is on the western Toowong side; both pathways are 3.6 m wide. Tolling is free-flow, by electronic tag or video matching.
The name was chosen by public vote in a 2009 Brisbane City Council competition: "Go Between" took 30% of the ten shortlisted suggestions. Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens said that in 1978 a bridge was not among the things the band expected to gain from being in a rock band.
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