Bring your best names for new Boggo Road bridge

The community is being asked to help name a massive new pedestrian and cycle bridge that will link the future Cross River Rail Boggo Road underground station with the surrounding health, science and education precinct and existing transport connections.

Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey said Queenslanders could submit naming ideas online.

“This 480-metre-long bridge will connect the new underground station, Park Road station, the busway and world-class Ecosciences precinct with the PA Hospital precinct,” Mr Bailey said.

“It will also improve active travel links to the new Brisbane South State Secondary College at Dutton Park.

“This new bridge will become an iconic part of the local landscape, making it safer, quicker and easier for local workers, residents and students to walk or ride their bike.

“It is only fitting that the community is invited to contribute ideas to name the bridge, which will be a standout piece of infrastructure that crosses over the rail lines to connect communities.

“The bridge could be named after someone local, who has themselves helped to better connect the community; someone linked to health, science or education; or even a name that honours local First Nations culture.”

Mr Bailey said submissions would be open for a month.

“After the submissions period, a specially formed panel, which will include representatives from the local community, will review every name suggested and make a final recommendation,” he said.

My Bailey said major construction on the bridge would soon begin.

He said early work had already commenced on the bridge, with excavation and piling works well underway.

“So far, about 33 of 46 piles have been installed to create the foundation for the bridge, which reach up to 30 metres below ground,” Mr Bailey said.

“Next we’ll start to see concreting works and installation of reinforced steel and formwork, to be followed by girders being installed by an 800-tonne-capacity crane, and finally the bridge deck being constructed within 2023.”

To find out more information about the new bridge, including how to make a name suggestion between now and Friday, 11 November 2022, visit Cross River Rail’s website here.

Boggo Road bridge fast facts:

• A new cycling and pedestrian bridge will be delivered at Boggo Road as part of Cross River Rail.
• It will be an architecturally designed cable stay bridge, approximately 480 metres long, with the cable stay spire approximately 45 metres high.
• The main deck level will be about 20 metres above the ground, and it will be up to 6.25 metres wide.
• It will consist of more than 1600 tonnes of steel, 1.2 kilometres of handrail, more than 16 kilometres of welds, 43 metre tall pylons, 683 metres of cable stay, and five individual steel girders weighing up to 133 tonnes each.
• Key features include lifts on the eastern and western sides, dedicated cycling and pedestrian paths, seating and rest stops, shade and planting at both ends and rail corridor security mesh.
• The western entry will be via a grade-separated path off Peter Doherty Street, with the bridge crossing over the rail line and linking into the existing bikeway near the Princess Alexandra Hospital Busway station.
• Early works on the bridge commenced within the existing Cross River Rail site in March and piling works on the western side began in August, with construction expected to be completed in late 2023, depending on weather conditions.

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