Bridges over the Brisbane River

The Brisbane River, running through Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is crossed by seventeen major bridges, from the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges downstream to the Centenary upstream. The river meanders through an urban area that comprises 2,562,000 people.
There are two smaller crossings in the west of Brisbane City in the suburb of Mount Crosby: the Mount Crosby Weir, and Colleges Crossing.

Planning

A bridge downstream of the Victoria Bridge was part of a larger plan, devised by Professor Roger Hawken of the University of Queensland in the 1920s, for a series of bridges over the Brisbane River to alleviate congestion on Victoria Bridge and to divert traffic away from the Brisbane central business district. The William Jolly Bridge was the first of the Hawken Plan bridges to be constructed. Lack of funds precluded the construction of the downstream bridge at that time. Initially plans called for a transporter bridge further downstream near New Farm.
In 1926 Kangaroo Point was recommended by the Brisbane City Council's Cross River Commission. Subsequently the bridge was constructed as a public works program during the Great Depression. The cost was to be no more than £1.6 million.

Major bridges

#	Name	Usage	Description	Suburbs	Photo
1	Sir Leo Hielscher — original bridge formerly known as the Gateway Bridge	vehicles, cyclists & pedestrians	Original bridge opened January 1986 by the Duke of Edinburgh Duplicate bridge opened May 2010. Concrete box girder design. 260 metre main span.	Eagle Farm to Murarrie
2	Story	vehicles & pedestrians	Opened July 1940. Steel truss design. 777 metres long with a 282-metre main span.	Fortitude Valley to Kangaroo Point
3	Kangaroo Point	pedestrians & cyclists	Opened December 2024. Steel cable stayed design. 470 metres long with a 183-metre main span.	Brisbane City to Kangaroo Point
4	Captain Cook	vehicles	Opened 1972. Concrete box girder design. 555 metres long with 183 metre main span.	Brisbane City to Kangaroo Point
5	Goodwill	pedestrians & cyclists	Opened October 2001. 450 metres long with 102 metre main span.	Brisbane City to South Brisbane
6	Neville Bonner	pedestrians only	Opened August 2024. Cable-stayed design. 320 metres long with a 77-metre main span.	Brisbane City to South Brisbane
7	Victoria	buses, cyclists & pedestrians	Opened 1969. Replaced its namesake. 146.3 metre main span.	Brisbane City to South Brisbane
8	Kurilpa	pedestrians & cyclists	Opened October 2009. 'Tensegrity' design. 425m long pathway	Brisbane City to South Brisbane
9	William Jolly — also known as Grey Street Bridge	vehicles & pedestrians	Opened March 1932. Concrete arch design. 498 metres long with a 73-metre main span.	Brisbane City to South Brisbane
10	Merivale	rail	Opened November 1978. Tied steel arch design. Main span 132 metre.	Brisbane City to South Brisbane
11	Go Between — formerly known as Hale Street Link	vehicles, cyclists & pedestrians	Opened 5 July 2010. Concrete box girder balanced cantilever design.	Brisbane City to South Brisbane
12	Eleanor Schonell — formerly known as Green Bridge	buses, cyclists & pedestrians	Opened December 2006. Cable-stayed design. 390 metres long.	St Lucia to Dutton Park
13	Jack Pesch	cyclists & pedestrians	Opened October 1998. Steel cable-stay design.	Indooroopilly to Chelmer
14	Albert	rail	Opened 1895. Steel truss design. Replaced its namesake. 208 metres long with two spans each 103.7 metres.	Indooroopilly to Chelmer
15	Indooroopilly Railway	rail	Opened 1957. Steel truss design. 208.5 metres long with two equal spans.	Indooroopilly to Chelmer
16	Walter Taylor	vehicles & pedestrians	Opened February 1936. Suspension design. Main span 183 metres. The bridge's towers are occupied.	Indooroopilly to Chelmer
17	Centenary	vehicles, cyclists & pedestrians	Original bridge opened in 1964. Duplicate bridge opened in 1986. Concrete girder	Kenmore, Fig Tree Pocket to Jindalee

Future bridges

In 2007 the Smart State Council announced plans for a series of new green mode bridges for Brisbane. New bridges include;

a connection from Alice Street near the Port Office Hotel in the City to Thornton Street, Kangaroo Point, which has now been built and opened as the Kangaroo Point Bridge.
from Cairns Street, Kangaroo Point a new bridge will connect to the end of the floating riverwalk at Merthyr Road, New Farm.
and from Merthyr Road, Teneriffe a new bridge will connect to Hardcaste Park, Hawthorne.

These new bridges will create a greenway corridor over 5 green bridges from Morningside, through Hawthorne, Teneriffe, New Farm, Kangaroo Point, City, Northbank, South Bank, Dutton Park and Boggo Road to the University of Queensland.

Crossings between the Centenary Bridge and Wivenhoe Dam

In addition to the existing bridges between Centenary Bridge and Wivenhoe Dam a number of others have been proposed.
The Goodna Bypass is designed to relieve congestion on the Ipswich Motorway and will have four new bridges over the river. Land acquisitions were underway in 2010 to create the future transport corridor. As of 2010, there is no date or funding provided to commence the construction of the Goodna Bypass.
The Western Bypass would have included a crossing of the river but has been cancelled.
The existing crossings on this section of the river are listed below.

Name of crossing and/or road	Coordinates	Description and/or purpose	Photo
Moggill Ferry		Moggill to Riverview
Mount Crosby Road at Colleges Crossing		Mount Crosby to Chuwar
Allawah Road across Mount Crosby Weir		Mount Crosby to Chuwar
Kholo Bridge, Kholo Road		Kholo to Muirlea, Chuwar
McMullen Road		Lake Manchester to Pine Mountain
Summervilles Road		Borallon to Wanora, Borallon —Borallon is a locality on both sides of the Brisbane River
Banks Creek Road		Savages Crossing was formerly a ford. From Banks Creek to Fernvale.
Brisbane Valley Highway		Wivenhoe Pocket to Fernvale, taking the highway across the river
Wivenhoe Pocket Road		Wivenhoe Pocket to Fernvale, crossing the river via an island
Brisbane Valley Highway across Wivenhoe Dam		The highway runs on top of the dam wall for 2.3 kilometres from Lake Wivenhoe from north to south

Crossings from Lake Wivenhoe to Moore

When Lake Wivenhoe is full the waters extend many kilometres up the river. The first crossing upstream from the lake is a high level bridge built in conjunction with the dam to raise the Esk Kilcoy Road well above the maximum level of the lake. Several minor crossings of this section of the river shown on maps are omitted from the list below. The omitted crossings belong to one of the following groups:

Former low level crossings now covered by the waters of Lake Wivenhoe.
Public or private roads that provide access to farms on the eastern side of the river.
Private roads or tracks that link parts of farms that are astride the river.

The more significant crossings from Lake Wivenhoe to Moore are listed below.

Name of crossing and/or road	Coordinates	Description and/or purpose	Photo
Esk Kilcoy Road		Lake Wivenhoe near Somerset Dam to Lake Winhoe near Caboonbah, connects Kilcoy to Esk
Gregors Creek Road		Gregors Creek northside to Gregors Creek southside, Links Brisbane Valley Highway to farms and provides an alternate route to Kilcoy
D'Aguilar Highway		Harlin northside to Harlin southside, links Brisbane Valley Highway to Kilcoy

Upstream from Moore

Linville Road follows the river from Moore through Linville to the Mount Stanley State Forest. It crosses the river 12 times between Linville and its end, where it splits into Western Branch Road and Eastern Branch Road. Western Branch Road follows the west branch of the river to its source in Elgin Vale State Forest, north-west of Mount Stanley, crossing it 28 times. Eastern Branch Road follows the east branch most of the way to its source south-east of Mount Stanley, crossing it about 20 times before it ends.