Eleanor Schonell Bridge

The Eleanor Schonell Bridge, also known as the Green Bridge, is a 390-metre (1,280 ft)-long cable-stayed bridge which crosses the Brisbane River between Dutton Park and the University of Queensland's St Lucia campus. Its deck is 185 metres long, 20 metres wide and about 18 metres above the river's surface. The bridge was opened on December 17, 2006, and is the first bridge in Australia exclusively designed for buses, cyclists and pedestrians, as well as the first public transport bridge built in Australia since the early 1900s.

Eleanor Schonell Bridge

Official name               Eleanor Schonell Bridge

Carries                        Buses, pedestrians, bicycles

Crosses                       Brisbane River

Locale                         Brisbane, Australia

Design                        Cable-stayed bridge

Total length               390 metres (1,280 ft)

Opening date             17 December 2006

The construction of the bridge has included a new road through Dutton Park, the expansion of Annerley Road, a new bus station for the University of Queensland and the permanent redirection of College Road in St Lucia. To coincide with the opening, TransLink announced three new bus services which will use the bridge. These services are the 109, 169 and 209. The 109 started operation on December 18, 2006, and links UQ to the city via Annerley Road and the Southeast Busway. The 169 service began in February 2007 and links UQ with Eight Mile Plains and Garden City. The 209 service also began in February 2007, and links UQ with Carindale. The fourth service, the 139, was introduced in July 2007 in order to address overcrowding issues on the 169 and on Mains Road services from the Griffith University Busway Station, and links UQ with Sunnybank and Sunnybank Hills. The 139 only operates on weekdays during university semesters. The fifth service, the 192, was announced in October 2008 and is designed to connect the university to West End and Highgate Hill. The 192 is not a new service; rather it is an extension of an older route servicing the West End/Highgate Hill area. It only operates on weekdays. A related transport infrastructure proposal is the Boggo Road Busway which would link the Eleanor Schonell Bridge with the Citytrain network at Park Road station and to the South-East Busway.