Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Goodwill Bridge
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==History== The structure was built downstream at [[Hemmant, Queensland|Hemmant]] and took three months to construct. On completion barges floated the arch upstream at low tide it was floated under the [[Captain Cook Bridge, Brisbane|Captain Cook Bridge]] and then lifted as a single structure into its final resting position by two heavy lift towers.<ref>{{Cite news | edition = 1 | page = 1 | last = Jones | first = Chris | title = All systems stop for bridge span plan | work = [[The Courier-Mail]] | date = 17 August 2001 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | edition = 1 | page = 6 | last = Parnell | first = Sean | title = Footbridge span continues sailing on troubled waters | work = [[The Courier-Mail]] | date = 18 August 2001 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | edition = 6 | page = 1 | last = Wenham | first = Margaret | title = Final journey an unabridged success | work = [[The Courier-Mail]] | date = 20 August 2001 }}</ref><ref name=dawn>{{Cite news | edition = 1 | page = 1 | last = Parnell | first = Sean | title = Bridge in suspense waits for dawn | work = [[The Courier-Mail]] | date = 21 August 2001 }}</ref> Four strategically positioned platforms and the pavilion-viewing platform provide rest points for pedestrians and cyclists. With exception of cables, all materials utilised in the construction of the arch and the pavilions were sourced from local suppliers. Controversy arose during the construction of the bridge over its growing cost, and a subsequent budgetary blow-out which resulted in the use of [[Australian dollar|$]]20.3 million in [[public funding|government funds]].<ref name=weighttest>{{Cite news | page = 9 | last = Yallamas | first = Lisa | title = Footbridge stands firm in weight test | work = [[The Courier-Mail]] | date = 9 October 2001 }}</ref> The bridge was scheduled to be opened by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] during her visit for the [[Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting]] [[summit meeting|summit]] to be held in Brisbane, but after the postponement of that meeting and change of venue to [[Coolum]] on the [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]] in the wake of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001]], the bridge was instead opened by [[Premiers of Queensland|Queensland Premier]], [[Peter Beattie]].<ref name=opening /><ref name=weighttest />
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Goodwill Bridge
(section)
Add topic