Brisbane Riverside Expressway Construction (late 1960s)

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[@Tcat506]

This was really AWESOME to watch. I grew up in Holland Park , and I was only a young kid when the SE Freeway was built. But I remember when the homes in the path of the Freeway , were removed at Holland Park West & Ekibin, As I watch this now in 2024 it's mind blowing to see the work conditions . No WHS back in 1969. And what about all the construction workers - shirtless - slaving away under the hot Brisbane sun. Well done gentleman , for a job very very well done

[@divarachelenvy]

fascinating, glad you have this video record..

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

should be compulsary veiwing for queensland school children.

[@marythompson4319]

The underground buses are amazing.

[@zak2189]

awesome. cool to see

[@web2yt488]

The Riverside Expressway is one of the greatest examples of incompetent civil planning of Brisbane.

[@brendanmulcahy4273]

I wonder if there's any info regarding alternatives that were considered at the time? Kinda funny how they simply remove it from the Queens Wharf visualisation at around the 35 second mark in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHe1iqN4oNmFr8k

[@brynsmith414]

I’d like to see it pulled down, replace it with a tunnel and reduce the city CBD access and egress, no need for funnelling the traffic through the CBD. If the queens wharf think some waterfalls is going to block the road noise then they are in for a shock, replacing noise with noise won’t work

[@jeremywilsongames]

@@brynsmith414 I often make jokes about how they covered up the railway noise with a road where I live. It would be a magnificent idea to get rid of the expressway but I think rather than removing the bridge it would be much more beneficial to replace the roadway with an active and public transport corridor

[@mrinbetween4788]

No difference to your generation dozing out thousands of acres of farmland and replacing with unsightly wind turbines and solar panel's, actually.

[@xr6lad]

@@jeremywilsongamesI can see your another transit person totally out of touch with peoples needs. The people using the car are not likely to magically transfer to public transport just because you’re in love with it. Linear point to point public transport isn’t what this road is about.

[@railtrolley]

The newly opened concrete Victoria Bridge, and the old iron one next to it being demolished. And now it is closed to traffic. A PITA, I have to go to the William Jolly Bridge to access South Bank.

[@toddjensen8806]

I wanna know how many of the fellas pouring the concrete got a melanoma

[@thedave7760]

My Uncle worked on it he died last year but not from Melanoma.

[@toddjensen8806]

@@thedave7760 just old age and being a legend then by the sounds of it

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

It serves its purpose, but I doubt it would be constructed today. The river is a tremendous resource and attraction for the city, and shouldn't be hidden behind a motorway.

[@frodosadventures8757]

Far out! I wonder how many of these guys died of skin cancer? Crazy the guy welding in the sun with no shirt on!

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

sun screen is loaded full with endo disruptors and cancereg3nic wierdo substances. i mean look at peter dutton. i mean just look at him.

[@QueenslandStateArchives]

Its amazing so many of us survived!

[@sultanabran1]

@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 better not use sunscreen then

[@Slazmoservicing4209]

Stick welding without a shirt... Bet he got a mad burn from that...

[@JohnSmith-ph1qg]

Men were men in those days

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

before the gay times.. before the lima declaration 1975. no surely. i mean look at this tiktok bs and the boogie man virus ffs. it's either laugh or cry 2021. agenda 777

[@marythompson4319]

At 7.20 the men up on the bridge are wearing collars and neckties.

[@michaelminnikin4265]

@@marythompson4319Must be the bosses.

[@rocknral]

​@@JohnSmith-ph1qg That dude is ripped.