Editing Captain Cook Bridge, Brisbane (section)

==Location and features==
[[File:Captain Cook Bridge, Brisbane 02.JPG|thumb|left|The Captain Cook Bridge, as viewed from [[Kangaroo Point Cliffs]].]]
Captain Cook Bridge is constructed as a multi{{endash}}span, precast prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge with drop-in mid-spans. Comprising a dual carriageway that creates two separate bridges, one for each direction of traffic, heading north–south over the Brisbane River. Each bridge carries four lanes of traffic in one direction and links the '''M3''' Pacific Motorway to the '''M3''' [[Riverside Expressway]]. It is the main route from the city's south into the [[Brisbane central business district]].<ref name="ccbtfi">{{Cite news|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/captain-cook-bridge-to-face-inspection/2007/08/17/1186857719587.html|title=Captain Cook Bridge to face inspection|accessdate=9 September 2011|date=17 August 2007|work=[[Brisbane Times]]}}</ref>

At the time of completion, the main span of {{convert|183|m}} held the world record for this type of structure for a period of three months, when it was superseded by the [[Harada Bridge]] in [[Japan]] with a span of {{convert|241|m}}.<ref name="xx">{{cite news |title=Captain Cook Bridge|publisher=Structurae|url= http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0004721|accessdate=15 December 2009}}</ref>

The structure is Queensland's busiest traffic bridge with more than one million vehicles crossing it weekly in 2007.<ref name=cm>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22258655-952,00.html |title=Captain Cook Bridge riddled with holes|date=17 August 2007|author=Thompson, Tuck|accessdate=29 June 2008|work=[[The Courier-Mail]]}}</ref>

Downstream from the Captain Cook Bridge is the [[Story Bridge, Brisbane|Story Bridge]], while the [[Goodwill Bridge, Brisbane|Goodwill Bridge]] is the next crossing upstream.

Concerns were raised in 2007 about the structure's integrity after it was revealed that contractors who attached a gantry to the bridge had drilled numerous holes which had damaged steel reinforcement bars. After investigations were completed it was concluded that the damage was insignificant as only 57&nbsp;vertical steel bars out of {{formatnum:21000}} had been cut.<ref>{{cite news|title=Riverside Expressway bridge 'structurally safe'|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/riverside-expressway-bridge-structurally-safe/2008/08/04/1217701934235.html|accessdate=15 December 2009|date=4 August 2008|work=[[Brisbane Times]]}}</ref>