The Walter Taylor Bridge is a heritage-listed suspension bridge crossing the Brisbane River between Indooroopilly and Chelmer in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is shared by motor traffic and pedestrians and is the only habitable bridge in the Southern Hemisphere. It was originally known as the Indooroopilly Toll Bridge.
Walter Taylor Bridge
Walter Taylor Bridge (left) adjacent to the Indooroopilly Railway Bridge
Official opening of the Indooroopilly Toll Bridge, Brisbane, 1936, Walter Taylor (far right)
The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane in 1823. The penal colony of Moreton Bay later adopted the same name, eventually becoming the present city of Brisbane. The river is a tidal estuary and the water is brackish from its mouth through the majority of the Brisbane metropolitan area westward to the Mount Crosby Weir. The river is wide and navigable throughout the Brisbane metropolitan area.
Brisbane River from Kangaroo Point
Moggill Ferry Reserve was completely under water after the 2022 Flood
Muddy Brisbane river covered with debris after days of raining
Goodna Boat Ramp in May 2023