Story Bridge 'largesse' improbable today: Lord Mayor Graham Quirk

By Cameron Atfield
Updated June 30 2015 - 10:08pm, first published 8:00am
Brisbane's Lord Mayor says Story Bridge, pictured under construction in the 1930s, would be much less visually impressive were it built today. Photo: Supplied
Brisbane's Lord Mayor says Story Bridge, pictured under construction in the 1930s, would be much less visually impressive were it built today. Photo: Supplied

The Story Bridge would never be built today, Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said as Brisbane prepared to celebrate 75 years of the city's most famous river crossing.