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
I didn't know when the expressway was built until now. I do remember them building the flyover from the riverside expressway onto Hale street and soon after the go between bridge from Hale / corro drive across to South brisbane. It's crazy to think we used to drive along the riverside expressway at the end of a hard day at work then wait at traffic lights to turn right into Hale . This meant stopping traffic out of Coronation drive to let us all turn right. It used to back up so far. Surprisingly enough, these days the overpass backs up.
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.
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.
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
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 ua-cam.com/video/JFRYpBktRyg/v-deo.html
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
@@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
@@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.
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
fascinating, glad you have this video record..
should be compulsary veiwing for queensland school children.
The underground buses are amazing.
I didn't know when the expressway was built until now.
I do remember them building the flyover from the riverside expressway onto Hale street and soon after the go between bridge from Hale / corro drive across to South brisbane.
It's crazy to think we used to drive along the riverside expressway at the end of a hard day at work then wait at traffic lights to turn right into Hale . This meant stopping traffic out of Coronation drive to let us all turn right. It used to back up so far. Surprisingly enough, these days the overpass backs up.
No sun protection for those poor backs!
awesome. cool to see
I wanna know how many of the fellas pouring the concrete got a melanoma
My Uncle worked on it he died last year but not from Melanoma.
@@thedave7760 just old age and being a legend then by the sounds of it
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.
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.
Far out! I wonder how many of these guys died of skin cancer? Crazy the guy welding in the sun with no shirt on!
sun screen is loaded full with endo disruptors and cancereg3nic wierdo substances. i mean look at peter dutton. i mean just look at him.
Its amazing so many of us survived!
@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 better not use sunscreen then
Stick welding without a shirt... Bet he got a mad burn from that...
Men were men in those days
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
At 7.20 the men up on the bridge are wearing collars and neckties.
@@marythompson4319Must be the bosses.
@@JohnSmith-ph1qg That dude is ripped.
The Riverside Expressway is one of the greatest examples of incompetent civil planning of Brisbane.
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 ua-cam.com/video/JFRYpBktRyg/v-deo.html
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
@@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
No difference to your generation dozing out thousands of acres of farmland and replacing with unsightly wind turbines and solar panel's, actually.
@@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.
Men at work.