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| View Original: | StateLibQld 2 112200 Progress on the Hornibrook Highway viaduct, Redcliffe, 1933.jpg (1000x752) | |||
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| Keywords: StateLibQld 2 112200 Progress on the Hornibrook Highway viaduct, Redcliffe, 1933.jpg en Progress on the Hornibrook Highway viaduct Redcliffe 1933 View of progress on the Hornibrook Highway bridge seen from the Clontarf side looking across Bramble Bay to Brighton The bridge and approach roads were designed by G O Boulton Chief Engineer and Director of M R Hornibrook Pty Ltd The bridge portals were designed by Mr John Beebe architect The bridge consisted of 290 thirty feet spans two twenty-eight feet six inches spans and two twenty-four feet six inches spans making a total length between the portals of 8 806 lineal feet The bridge or viaduct spanned a wider stretch of water than any other bridge in Australia and the quantity of first class hardwood timbers used was greater than any other bridge of its kind in the world Information taken from M R Hornibrook Pty Ltd The new gateway to Redcliffe and the great North Coast official souvenir of the opening of the Hornibrook Highway 1935 1933 handle 10462/deriv/134017 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland Contributor s Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Bridges in Queensland Bridge construction in Australia Black and white photographs Bays of Queensland 1933 in Australia Viaducts in Australia | ||||
