Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges
Coordinates | 27°26′40″S 153°06′01″E﻿ / ﻿27.44452°S 153.100415°E﻿ / -27.44452; 153.100415 Coordinates: 27°26′40″S 153°06′01″E﻿ / ﻿27.44452°S 153.100415°E﻿ / -27.44452; 153.100415
Carries | Motor vehicles
Crosses | Brisbane River
Locale | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Official name | Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges
Characteristics
Design | Concrete cantilever box girder
Total length | 1,627 metres (5,338 ft)
Width | 22 metres (72 ft)
Height | 64.5 metres (212 ft) above river level
Longest span | 260 metres (850 ft)
Clearance below | 59.2 m (194.2 ft) at mid-span
History
Construction cost | $92 million (1986) $350 million (2010)
Opened | 11 January 1986; 33 years ago (1986-01-11) 22 May 2011; 8 years ago (2011-05-22)