It is expected to attract 10,000 people each day, using it to cross the river between the parklands and the casino, hotels and public spaces. The bridge's cost of about $100 million is being met by the Queens Wharf developers, the Destination Brisbane Consortium, from a $3.6 billion budget for the complex. The design for the Neville Bonner Bridge, from Queen's Wharf to South Brisbane. Credit:Queensland Government Project director Simon Crooks said the public would begin to notice the construction by midyear. "We're doing site investigations now, but the main works for the bridge will start in the middle of the year," Mr Crooks said.

"They will be able to stand on the promenade and watch the construction works for the bridge span on this side [South Bank] and then the pylons go in the middle of the river." Construction company Fitzgerald Constructions has a large barge in the middle of the Brisbane River. Announcing work beginning on Brisbane’s first cross-river bridge in 10 years is Destination Brisbane project director Simon Crooks (left), Tourism Minister Kate Jones and South Bank business development manager John Barton. Credit:Tony Moore The 75-metre tall, cable-stayed bridge will be complete by middle of 2022 and open with the integrated casino and resort complex later that year. Late modifications to the bridge design meant it would connect on the South Bank side in front of the ferris wheel with steps and a ramp, Mr Crooks said.

"The ramp will curve around onto the sides and blends into the existing pathways at South Bank," he said. "The steps come down onto the Plaza. So people will have the choice of either. We originally did not think we could get the ramp in, but we've worked with the South Bank Corporation and they like it, we like it and it's a good outcome." Mr Crooks said the engineering team was aware of preliminary concerns about South Bank pylons standing for 25 years in the brackish river water, raised by the South Bank Corporation on Sunday. South Bank Corporation banned heavy vehicles from using the river walk near the lagoons as a temporary precaution until final engineering advice is received this week. Loading