09
Sep
Pedestrian Arch at Southbank
Randomly stumbled across this when perusing Your Brisbane: Past and Present: an explanation of what the arch next to the Victoria Bridge is all about. Walking past this structure on the way to work nearly every morning left my curious. Here’s the answer….
When the latest bridge was opened in 1969, a reminder of the previous structure was left. On the South Brisbane side is one of the old bridge’s portals, a pedestrian arch (below), and affixed to that is a tribute to a young Brisbane lad who was killed in a traffic accident at that spot while waving to returning WWI servicemen. Fellow blogger Cara at Brisbane Daily Photo mentioned in her recent post that, each Anzac Day, wreaths are still laid to his memory.
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