ISBN: | 978-5-5107-3064-7 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Eleanor Schonell Bridge, better known as the Green Bridge, is a 390-metre (1,280 ft)-long cable-stayed bridge which crosses the Brisbane River between Dutton Park and the University of Queensland`s St Lucia campus. Its deck is 185 metres long, 20 metres wide and about 18 metres above the river`s surface. The bridge was opened on 17 December 2006, and is the first bridge in Australia exclusively designed for buses, cyclists and pedestrians, as well as the first public transport bridge built in Australia since the early 1900s. The bridge cost $55.5 million to construct.