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The Albert Bridge is a railway bridge of steel truss design, and is the tenth crossing of the Brisbane River
Brisbane River

The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay....
, Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. The Albert Bridge links Indooroopilly
Indooroopilly railway station, Brisbane

Indooroopilly Station is a railway station on the Ipswich railway line, Brisbane of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail Citytrain network and is in Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated public transport system....
 and Chelmer
Chelmer railway station, Brisbane

Chelmer Station is a railway station on the Ipswich railway line, Brisbane of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail Citytrain network....
 stations, and has two long spans with one central pier.

first bridge on the site was built in 1876 and enabled the Ipswich to Grandchester railway to reach Brisbane itself. In the early days of settlement, the Brisbane River at Indooroopilly
Indooroopilly, Queensland

Indooroopilly is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia which is located 7 km west of the Brisbane central business district....
 provided an obstacle to the construction of a railway between Brisbane and the mining centre of Ipswich.






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The Albert Bridge is a railway bridge of steel truss design, and is the tenth crossing of the Brisbane River
Brisbane River

The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay....
, Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. The Albert Bridge links Indooroopilly
Indooroopilly railway station, Brisbane

Indooroopilly Station is a railway station on the Ipswich railway line, Brisbane of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail Citytrain network and is in Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated public transport system....
 and Chelmer
Chelmer railway station, Brisbane

Chelmer Station is a railway station on the Ipswich railway line, Brisbane of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail Citytrain network....
 stations, and has two long spans with one central pier.

History

The first bridge on the site was built in 1876 and enabled the Ipswich to Grandchester railway to reach Brisbane itself. In the early days of settlement, the Brisbane River at Indooroopilly
Indooroopilly, Queensland

Indooroopilly is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia which is located 7 km west of the Brisbane central business district....
 provided an obstacle to the construction of a railway between Brisbane and the mining centre of Ipswich. At this time, a river boat service linked the two centres. The Ipswich railway line did not open until 1876, following the completion of the original Albert Bridge.

The first bridge was destroyed in the 1893 flood, with the present bridge built in 1895. It was designed by Henry Charles Stanley, Queensland's Chief Engineer of Railways from 1892 to 1901. He sought to avoid the obstruction to flood waters posed by multiple piers, which had been the downfall of the first bridge. The bridge was opened to traffic in August 1895 and remains one of Australia's largest truss bridges. Both bridges were named in honour of the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert
Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Edward VII was Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death on 6 May 1910....
.

When opened the bridge also catered for pedestrian traffic, until the construction of the nearby Walter Taylor Bridge
Walter Taylor Bridge, Brisbane

The Walter Taylor Bridge is a suspension bridge bridge forming the twelfth crossing of the Brisbane River. It crosses between Indooroopilly, Queensland and Chelmer, Queensland and is shared by motor traffic and pedestrians....
 in 1937. A second unnamed railway bridge is located between the Albert Bridge and the Walter Taylor Bridge. This second crossing was constructed in 1957 as part of the quadruplication of the Ipswich railway line.

See also

  • Bridges of Brisbane
    Bridges of Brisbane

    The Brisbane River, running through Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is crossed by 13 major bridges, from the Gateway Bridge, Brisbane downsteam to the Centenary Bridge, Brisbane upsteam....


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