Keywords: StateLibQld 1 241989 Early stages of the construction of the Story Bridge, viewed from one of the pylons, ca. 1939.jpg en Early stages of the construction of the Story Bridge viewed from one of the pylons ca 1939 Story Bridge in Brisbane was built to span the Brisbane River from the city to Kangaroo Point It was named in honour of Mr J D Story the Public Service Commissioner Design of the bridge began in early January 1934 The Bridge Board elected Dr J J C Bradfield as the consulting engineer The construction of the cantilever bridge began in 1935 and was completed and opened to traffic in July 1940 The length of bridge including the approaches is 1375 m More than 95 of the steel was manufactured in Australia and the bridge was constructed by Evans Deakin-Hornibrook Construction Co Pty Ltd between 1938 1939 handle 10462/deriv/127140 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Story Bridge construction 1939 in Brisbane Black and white photographs |