Keywords: StateLibQld 1 242041 Story Bridge crew on the last day of construction, ca. 1939.jpg en Story Bridge crew on the last day of construction ca 1939 The 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/127856 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Manual workers of Australia Story Bridge construction 1939 in Brisbane Black and white photographs |