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

Cash-strapped council may seek to raise funds from rate-payers, state and federal governments, or road users to fix 85-year-old Story Bridge

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When 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.

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