Ted Smout Memorial Bridge
| Ted Smout Memorial Bridge | |
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Bridge Walk, part of opening celebrations on 11 July 2010
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| Coordinates | 27°16′43″S 153°04′03″E / 27.27871°S 153.067623°ECoordinates: 27°16′43″S 153°04′03″E / 27.27871°S 153.067623°E |
| Carries |
  3 lanes, 1 footpath |
| Crosses | Bramble Bay, Pine River |
| Locale | Redcliffe (Clontarf) north end, Brisbane (Brighton) south end, Queensland, Australia |
| Official name | Ted Smout Memorial Bridge |
| Maintained by | Department of Main Roads |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Reinforced concrete viaduct |
| Total length | 2,740 m (8,990 ft) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Hull-Albem Joint Venture |
| Construction cost | $315 million |
| Opened | 11 July 2010 |
The Ted Smout Memorial Bridge is a road and pedestrian bridge in Brisbane, Australia, the third bridge crossing Bramble Bay (the first being the now demolished Hornibrook Bridge). It is located 30 metres to the east of the Houghton Highway (which provides the northbound lanes), providing 3 southbound traffic lanes and a bi-directional pedestrian and bicycle path. It connects the Redcliffe suburb of Clontarf with the Brisbane suburb of Brighton, and was opened by then Queensland Premier Anna Bligh on 11 July 2010. The Ted Smout Memorial Bridge (and the adjacent Houghton bridge) were Australia's second longest bridges until 27 March 2013, when the Macleay River Bridge opened in Kempsey, NSW.
The bridge consists of 78 spans, each 35 m long. The cost of the bridge was A$315 million. It was built 4 m higher than the Houghton bridge, in order to improve its resilience to storm surges. It is the first bridge in Australia designed to withstand Hurricane Katrina-type cyclonic events. It is also possibly the only Australian bridge which may have to deal with shallow water storm surge.
The bridge features
The bridge is named 'Ted Smout Memorial Bridge' after Ted Smout, Queensland’s last surviving World War One veteran, who lived in Sandgate and died in 2004. The naming ceremony by Craig Wallace, the then Queensland Minister for Main Roads, took place on 14 July 2009 as part of Queensland’s 150th birthday celebrations. The ceremony also marked the construction of the middle (39th) span of the new bridge.
The Houghton Highway bridge was originally built to duplicate the Hornibrook Bridge. However, the refurbishment of the original bridge proved to be uneconomic, and the Houghton bridge was converted to 3 lanes with peak flow lane control. When this reached capacity, another 3 lane bridge was proposed to be built between the Hornibrook and Houghton bridges, at the same height as the latter.
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