Roads and Railways

1 - The first Victoria Bridge (1865-1869) 2 - The second Victoria Bridge (1874-1893) 3 - The third Victoria Bridge (1893-1969) 4 - The Albert rail bridge at Indooroopilly (opened 1875) 5 - The Breakfast Creek bridge 6 - A bridge across Norman Creek on Wynnum Road was built in 1856 7 - The bridge over Cabbage Tree Creek built in 1861 8 - Kedron Brook was bridged in the 1870’s 9 - A suspension bridge (and even a tunnel) from Merthyr Road New Farm to Hawthorne were proposed before the Story Bridge 10 - Roma St railway station in 1876 11 - Roma St railway station in 1879 12 - Oxley rail station in 1876 13 - Sandgate rail station in 1888 14 - Central station was opened in 1889 after the tunnel between Roma Street to Central was completed 15 - Central station in the 1890's 16 - Central station was upgraded with a grand entrance, clock tower and galvanised iron arches over the platform and completed in 1899 17 - Central station in the early 1900's 18 - Cleveland rail station and Cleveland line which was completed in 1889 19 - The Albert rail bridge at Indooroopilly (opened 1875) 20 - Caboolture rail station in 1906 21 - Wynnum station in the early 1900's 22 - South Brisbane station in the early 1900's 23 - Sunnybank rail station after the Beenleigh line was completed in 1885 24 - The Opening of the Beenleigh line at Beenleigh in 1885 25 - The South Coast railway line 26 - The South Coast railway line 27 - A Cobb and Co Coach near Southport 28 - A Cobb and Co Coach 29 - A horse drawn omnibus that travelled along Gympie Road 30 - The Mt Gravatt Omnibus along Logan Road 31 - Brisbane's first cars 32 - The Belmont Tramway (1912-1926) 33 - The first train to Dayboro in 1920 34 - A dental rail car for rail staff 35 - The interstate rail to Sydney was finally completed in 1930 36 - Transition in the City to sealed bitumen streets 37 - Early bridge and underground rail plans for Brisbane 38 - Ipswich Road at Goodna (c.1930) 39 - Early photo of Mt Lindsay Highway (Beaudesert Rd) 40 - Workers building a road to Mt Nebo in 1931 41 - Cement road surface being laid, possibly Samford Rd, Mitchelton, 1930 42 - Early photo of Ipswich Road Moorooka 43 - Logan Road Mt Gravatt 44 - The opening of the Loganholme Bridge over the Logan River in 1931 45 - William Jolly Bridge under construction 46 - The Opening of the William Jolly Bridge in 1932 47 - Construction of the Hornibrook Highway Bridge to Redcliffe opened in 1935 48 - The Opening of the Hornibrook Highway Bridge to Redcliffe in 1935 49 - The Opening of the Hornibrook Highway Bridge to Redcliffe in 1935 50 - The Hornibrook Highway 51 - The Opening of the Walter Taylor Bridge in 1936 52 - Construction of the Story Bridge 53 - Construction of the Story Bridge 54 - Construction of the Story Bridge 55 - Construction of the Story Bridge 56 - Construction of the Story Bridge 57 - Construction of the Story Bridge 58 - Construction of the Story Bridge 59 - Construction of the Story Bridge 60 - Construction of the Story Bridge 61 - Construction of the Story Bridge 62 - Construction of the Story Bridge 63 - Construction of the Story Bridge 64 - Construction of the Story Bridge 65 - Construction of the Story Bridge 66 - Construction of the Story Bridge 67 - Construction of the Story Bridge 68 - Story Bridge (also Sydney Harbour Bridge) designer, Jim Bradfield (right), inspects progress on the Story Bridge 69 - Looking down from the Story Bridge to the southern approach to the Bridge 70 - The northern approach to the Story Bridge under construction 71 - Story Bridge toll booth 72 - Construction of Bowen Terrace 73 - Camp Mountain Rail disaster in 1947 74 - Map from the 1920's of the SE Qld rail network 75 - Tunnel being built under Vulture St for the coal branch rail line through Woolloongabba to the coal wharves 76 - Aerial view showing the Woolloongabba branch line to the South Brisbane coal wharves including tunnel under Vulture St 77 - Woolloongabba branch line to the South Brisbane coal wharves 78 - Bulimba branch line to the Teneriffe wharves 79 - Pinkenba rail station in 1935 80 - Early photo of Eagle Junction rail station 81 - Early photo of Bowen Hills rail station 82 - Patrons arrive by train at the Ekka in 1950 83 - A steam train passes Fairfield 84 - Steam train during the 1950’s at Central Station 85 - Steam train during the 1950’s at Central Station 86 - A high shot of Central Station in the 1950’s 87 - Central Station in the 1950’s 88 - Albion railway station in 1966 89 - The Roma Street freight train depot 90 - Central Station around 1970 91 - South Brisbane station in the early 1970’s 92 - Diesel trains at Central Station 93 - South Brisbane station from the air with the interstate terminus before its relocation after the Merivale Bridge was completed in 1978 94 - Chelmer station in 1972 95 - Boxing Day traffic jam through Beenleigh in 1956 when the old Pacific Highway still went through Beenleigh 96 - The old Pacific Highway turn from City Road to Main St in Beenleigh 97 - The Pacific Highway on the way to the Gold Coast in the early 1960's 98 - An early plan for a riverside expressway 99 - Toohey Road in 1960 100 - State of Holland Park roads in the 1950's 101 - The Logan River was bridged at Waterford in 1954 102 - Construction of the Albion Road overpass in 1961 103 - The Centenary Bridge being built in 1964 104 - A ship jams up against the Centenary Bridge in the 1974 flood which had to be blasted and sank 105 - A Seven Hills trolley bus 106 - A trolley bus approaching the Story Bridge with construction occurring on the Shaftson Rd overpass 107 - The Woolloogabba bus station in the 1980's 108 - A Brisbane City Council bus leaves Garden City 109 - Tram and Bus Stop Marker at Mt Gravatt 110 - A Bendy-bus in the City before being phased out 111 - The Wilbur St Transport Plan of 1965 112 - Construction of the new Victoria Bridge in 1969 113 - Construction of the new Victoria Bridge in 1969 114 - Construction of the new Victoria Bridge in 1969 115 - Construction of the new Victoria Bridge in 1969 116 - Construction and Opening of the Captain Cook Bridge (1972) 117 - Freeway Progress Brochure 1 118 - Freeway Progress Brochure 2 119 - Freeway Progress Brochure 3 120 - Freeway Progress Brochure 4 121 - Freeway Progress Brochure 5 122 - Construction of the first stage of the SE Freeway 123 - Construction of the first stage of the SE Freeway 124 - Proposal for the Central and Northern Freeway 125 - Proposal for the Northern Freeway 126 - The Bruce Highway new deviation (1977) 127 - South Brisbane rail station in the 1970's 128 - The Merivale Rail Bridge opening in 1978 129 - Roma St rail station and Transit Centre 130 - Albion rail station in the 1980's 131 - Rail electrification in 1979 132 - Turbot St extension 133 - Hornibrook Highway bridges 134 - The SE and Western Freeways 135 - Construction of the Gateway Bridge 136 - Construction of the Gateway Bridge 137 - Opening of the Gateway Bridge and Arterial Road 138 - The Logan Motorway 139 - Construction of the Queen St bus tunnel 140 - Helensvale station after the re-opening of the Gold Coast rail line in 1996 141 - Upgrade of Pacific Highway 142 - The SE Busway 143 - The Goodwill pedestrian bridge 144 - The Inner City Bypass 145 - The Eleanor Schonell bus and pedestrian bridge 146 - The Inner Northern Busway 147 - The Kurilpa pedestrian bridge 148 - 3 Bridges and a Tunnel opened in 2010 149 - The Eastern Busway 150 - The Airport Link at Bowen Hills 151 - The Airport Link and Northern Busway at Kedron 152 - Springfield rail link 153 - Legacy Way tunnel at Kelvin Grove 154 - Future rail proposals 155 - Proposed Kenmore to Ipswich Motorway road via Karalee 156 - Campbell Newman's Trans Apex plan easily generate web photo galleriesby VisualLightBox.com v6.1