A man has caused chaos after he climbed a 100 metre high bridge in Brisbane to take a selfie at 4am on Saturday.

The 30-year-old man from Victoria climbed the heritage listed Story Bridge, which spans the Brisbane river between Fortitude Valley to Kangaroo Point in Brisbane, at about 4am this morning.

As emergency services including police attended the scene to remove the man, the entire bridge had to be closed in both directions.

According to police, the man had scaled the bridge to “take a selfie”.

#RT @QldPolice: The Story Bridge is currently closed in both directions while we deal with a police incident. Please avoid if possible. pic.twitter.com/zOb2dDKH8F — logan.city.cctv@gmail.com (@CityCctv) April 12, 2019

The Bonbeach man scaled the steel traffic bridge, which spans the Brisbane River in the centre of the city.

The man interrupted a group of sightseers on a scheduled bridge climb as he scaled the 74 metre high bridge.

He was charged with unregulated high-risk activities, public nuisance and obstructing police.

He is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on April 26.

According to the Wikipedia, the Story Bridge is a “heritage-listed steel cantilever bridge spanning the Brisbane River that carries vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the northern and the southern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.”

It is the longest cantilever bridge in Australia.

The website which hosts bridge climbs across the structure described it as Brisbane’s “most iconic structure”.