Captain Cook Bridge, Brisbane, Road bridge in Brisbane, Australia
Captain Cook Bridge is a road crossing over the Brisbane River that connects Gardens Point, Kangaroo Point, and South Brisbane. It carries thousands of vehicles daily and forms a key part of the Pacific Motorway network.
Completed in late 1972, the bridge held its naming ceremony on 13 December 1972 and officially opened on 7 March 1973. Before traffic was allowed on, the Rotary Club of Stones Corner organised a one-off public walk across it on 21 January 1973. Its main span of 183 metres held the world record for that structure type for three months, until Japan's Harada Bridge reached 241 metres.
The bridge is named for Captain James Cook, and its naming ceremony took place on 13 December 1972, before the official opening on 7 March 1973. Shortly before cars were allowed on, the Rotary Club of Stones Corner organised a one-off public walk across the deck on 21 January 1973.
The bridge carries the M3 Pacific Motorway between the Riverside Expressway and Kangaroo Point, with four lanes in each direction on two separate carriageways. It is a vehicular crossing only; the nearest pedestrian and cyclist crossings are the Goodwill Bridge upstream and the Story Bridge downstream. A one-off walk across was held on 21 January 1973.
At completion its 183-metre main span held the world record for this type of structure for three months, until Japan's Harada Bridge reached 241 metres. In 2007 more than one million vehicles crossed weekly, making it Queensland's busiest traffic bridge.
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