• A bridge too far: Brisbane grapples with the multimillion-dollar cost of revitalising an icon

    Cash-strapped council may seek to raise funds from ratepayers, state and federal governments, or road users to fix 85-year-old Story BridgeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen the ribbon was cut on Brisbane’s Story Bridge on 6 July 1940, it was not an auspicious time to open a new bridge. Five days earlier, the infamous Tacoma Narrows Bridge had opened in Washington State.In just four months that structure would make engineering history by dramatically swinging i

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