Editing Story Bridge (section)

==Operations==
[[File:Brisbane time-lapse video.ogv|thumb|left|Time-lapse of Brisbane and Story Bridge]]
[[File:Queensland State Archives 4053 Toll booth and office Brisbane 20 February 1941.png|thumb|Toll booth, 1941]]
[[File:Brisbane CBD and Brisbane River views from Bowen Terrace 01.jpg|thumb|Story Bridge with the Brisbane skyline in the background.]]
The bridge carries an average of 97,000 vehicles each day.<ref name="hcs">{{Cite news |url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/weather/heatwave-could-see-brisbane-reach-40-degrees-20140102-3074y.html |title=Heatwave could see Brisbane reach 40 degrees |author=Kim Stephens & Cameron Atfield |access-date=2 January 2014 |date=2 January 2014 |work=Brisbane Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103050920/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/weather/heatwave-could-see-brisbane-reach-40-degrees-20140102-3074y.html |archive-date=3 January 2014 }}</ref> The Story Bridge carries three lanes of traffic in either direction as well as a shared pedestrian and cycle way flanking each side. The road on the bridge is called the Bradfield Highway. It is not to be confused with the [[Bradfield Highway, Sydney|Bradfield Highway]] that spans the [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]].

Initially a toll of sixpence (5 cents) was charged to use the bridge,<ref name="pb"/> with toll booths constructed at the southern end of the Bradfield Highway. The toll was removed in 1947.<ref name="b150s">{{cite book |title=Brisbane 150 Stories |year=2009 |publisher=Brisbane City Council Publication |isbn=978-1-876091-60-6 |page=183 }}</ref> Between 1952 and 1969 trolley-buses operated by the [[Brisbane Transport|Brisbane City Council]] used the bridge.

Following completion of the bridge, an expressway was constructed on the southern side of the bridge (opened 18 May 1970),<ref>[http://www.leighton.com.au/verve/_resources/L_News_June_1970.pdf Leighton Holdings Newsletter] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330174237/http://www.leighton.com.au/verve/_resources/L_News_June_1970.pdf |date=30 March 2012 }}, June 1970</ref> and a tunnel/loop was constructed at Kemp Place on the northern side (completed 10 July 1972).<ref>[http://www.leighton.com.au/verve/_resources/L_News_Aug_1972.pdf Leighton Holdings Newsletter] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330173426/http://www.leighton.com.au/verve/_resources/L_News_Aug_1972.pdf |date=30 March 2012 }}, August 1972</ref>