Captain Cook Bridge

The Captain Cook Bridge is a road bridge that carries the Pacific Motorway over the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built exclusively for vehicular traffic and was completed in late 1972.

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Type: Bridge
Description: bridge in Australia
Also known as: “Captain Cook Bridge, Brisbane”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HMAS Diamantina and Queensland Children’s Hospital.

HMAS Diamantina

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HMAS Diamantina, named after the Diamantina River in Queensland, is a River-class frigate that served the Royal Australian Navy. Constructed in the mid-1940s, Diamantina was active from 1945 until 1946, was placed in reserve, then was recommissioned as a survey ship from 1959 until 1980. HMAS Diamantina is situated 300 metres northwest of Captain Cook Bridge.

Queensland Children’s Hospital

Hospital

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The public Queensland Children's Hospital, on Stanley Street in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is the primary facility of Children's Health Queensland. Queensland Children’s Hospital is situated 270 metres west of Captain Cook Bridge.

The Gabba

Stadium

Photo: Rae Allen, CC BY 2.0.

The Gabba is a stadium located in the Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba in Queensland, Australia. It is primarily used for Australian rules football and cricket as the home ground of the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League, the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League and the Queensland cricket team in the Sheffield Shield. The Gabba is situated 1 km east of Captain Cook Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clarence Corner and South Bank.

Clarence Corner

Neighborhood

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Clarence Corner is the junction of Stanley Street and Annerley Road in Woolloongabba/South Brisbane in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It gives its name to the local area.

South Bank

Neighborhood

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South Bank is a cultural, social, educational and recreational precinct in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The precinct is located in the suburb of South Brisbane, on the southern bank of the Brisbane River.

Brisbane

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Brisbane is the state capital of Queensland. Large enough to be cosmopolitan yet small enough to be friendly and accessible, Brisbane is a 'garden metropolis', famous for its leafy, open spaces and the pleasant pace of life that unfolds between the zig-zags of its iconic river.

Captain Cook Bridge

Categories: road bridge and transportation
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-27.48333° or 27° 29′ south

Longitude

153.02917° or 153° 1′ 45″ east

Elevation

41 metres (135 feet)

Open location code

5R4MG28H+MM

GeoNames ID

2207225

Wikidata ID

Q5036600

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Japanese—“Captain Cook Bridge” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Captain Cook Bridge, Brisbane”
Japanese: “キャプテン・クック・ブリッジ”
Japanese: “キャプテンクックブリッジ”
Japanese: “キャプテンクック橋”

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