Brisbane’s latest river crossing exemplifies some seriously innovative approaches to construction and assembly.
By Lachlan Haycock and Heath Dunn
Built as part of Brisbane City Council’s Bridges for Brisbane Program, the Kangaroo Point Bridge is an active transport bridge designed to reduce 84,000 car trips across the river annually, as part of an overall transportation mode shift that’s also seen the introduction of the Brisbane Metro system. The bridge has already seen more than two million people use it since opening in December 2024.
Delivered by BESIX WatPac who led the Connect Brisbane consortium including WSP as lead engineering and design consultant, the bridge has already seen more than three million people use it since opening in December 2024.
Following its win at the Queensland engineering Excellence awards in September, Kangaroo Point Bridge is now in the running to take out national honours at the Engineers Australia Excellence Awards to be held in Sydney in November.
Learn more about the innovative decisions taken during construction with the below infographic.
This reads well. High grade engineering hopefully minimising the cost.