[jazzcat]

So they're naming the new Hale Street bridge after the Go-Betweens...

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Originally Posted by Brisbane Times

New Brisbane bridge named after rock band
CHRISTINE KELLETT
September 29, 2009 - 7:58AM


Brisbane's Hale Street Link bridge will be named The Go-Between Bridge, after the popular rock band.

Brisbane City Council held a public competition to name the bridge - Brisbane's newest cross-river link between South Brisbane and Milton.

Lord Mayor Campbell Newman will announce the new name at a ceremony today, alongside founding Go-Betweens member Robert Forster.

Forster and bandmate Grant McLennan formed the rock outfit in Brisbane in 1978, producing hits include Streets of Your Town and People Say. McLennan died suddenly in 2006.

The Go-Between Bridge was among 10 shortlisted in the council's 'Name That Bridge' competition, attracting more than 30 per cent of the popular vote.

Mr Forster said he found bridges appealing.

"I’m really honoured that the bridge has been named after the band that I co-founded with Grant all those years ago," he said.

"I’ve always regarded bridges as poetic and romantic, so this is something that really appeals to me."

"The people have spoken and I think it’s a fitting tribute to a band that helped put Brisbane’s music industry on the map," Cr Newman said.

"And it’s a name that works on two levels – not only does it honour one of Brisbane’s most treasured musical exports, it also connects Milton and South Brisbane."

The bridge forms part of the Hale Street Link project and it set to open to traffic next year.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/quee...0929-g9jn.html

[manuka]

probably be shortened to the GB bridge or the tween bridge

[nick_t]

I am all for this, nice!

[rancho]

i think we need more bridges in brisbane

[fuziwuzi]

since the lead singer has passed, wouldn't a persons name ne more suitable than the band name :/

but i loved the go-betweens, and that hasn't changed. i assume influenced many other aussie bands, and they (unfortuntaly) rape the streets of your town on the TV ( ) so i totally agree with agree with the choice of inspiration for naming the bridge.

tween bridge it is

[macc4]

they should have called it ibridge 2.0

what were they thinking?

[manuka]

you should have submitted that macc4

there was a competition to name the bridge and the local councilwoman wrote something to the papers about her distate for unoriginal names suggested for the bridge, such as dead white men and historical events, hence the naming of it after the band, rather than the dead white guy who was once in it

(no disrespect meant by these comments - the go betweens and grant mclennan are both amazing IMO)

[jazzcat]

hmm no disrespect to the band.. but it does make for a bit of a silly name for a bridge i thought

"And it’s a name that works on two levels – not only does it honour one of Brisbane’s most treasured musical exports, it also connects Milton and South Brisbane."

better than the Kurilpa Bridge i guess! nfi what that's all about

[B_e_de]

Petitioning for The Veronibridge.

Also bridge needs a party on it. Stat.

[custaro]

It's a great name for a bridge, and a fitting tribute to some modern Brisbane legends. I'm actually quite surprised that enough Brisbanites had the good sense to honour the band in this way. It's quite unlike us!

Also, Custard are reforming for the Q150 Proclamation Day concert. Life is good for Brisbane music lovers!

[manuka]

custard?!? how awesome!

[macc4]

pangaea would have been a good name for the bridge, I wish they would reform

[the_pezman]

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Originally Posted by macc4

they should have called it ibridge 2.0

what were they thinking?

dammit that was going to be my joke!

serves me right for sleeping in


agreed bris needs more bridges tho. actually fvck it they should just make the river into one giant aqua duct

[B_e_de]

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Originally Posted by macc4

pangaea would have been a good name for the bridge, I wish they would reform

1998-Bede agrees with this.

[macc4]

you were in a good place back then Bede

we all were

[madam meow]

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Originally Posted by jazzcat

better than the Kurilpa Bridge i guess! nfi what that's all about

pretty obvious.... its the name of the aboriginal inhabitants of years ago...

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The original inhabitants named the West End area “Kurilpa”, an Aboriginal word meaning "place for water rats", because of the large rats that infested the area close to the river.

also the name of the park its is attached too on the West End side..

[jazzcat]

^^ ah fair enough then my bad

[Ruthykins]

I approve of this, I love the go betweens

[manuka]

i still wonder if the hale st link won't come unstuck ... i still call the kurilpa bridge by it's first name... it will always be the green bridge to me

[elliotclarke]

I'm not a big fan of the band but I think it's great we're associating a land mark with music. The more the better I say because we should all be proud of Brisbane's music scene.

[the_puppy]

SHould have been The Regurgitator Bridge

[Villephant]

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Originally Posted by rancho

i think we need more bridges in brisbane

just build one HUGE bridge that covers the entire length of the river.
it would fix our obsession with building bridges, and people could just go over the other side from wherever they want.

they seem to be too close together...
if it was at the other end of coro drive / west end, i think it would be better...
because u go another few hundred metres down the road from the bridge they are building there is a bridge.

maybe once they finish this bridge they will start work on that one?
that house is always for sale anyway, the government could buy it and bridge through...

[Villephant]

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Originally Posted by the_puppy

SHould have been The Regurgitator Bridge

qflol

[jazzcat]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Villephant

just build one HUGE bridge that covers the entire length of the river.
it would fix our obsession with building bridges, and people could just go over the other side from wherever they want.

they seem to be too close together...
if it was at the other end of coro drive / west end, i think it would be better...
because u go another few hundred metres down the road from the bridge they are building there is a bridge.

maybe once they finish this bridge they will start work on that one?
that house is always for sale anyway, the government could buy it and bridge through...

i reckon they should have opened up the new UQ bridge to normal traffic so that sir fred schonell drive could become another link to the south side. there would need to be some major road improvements though. and divert the traffic around the side of the uni or something.

hmm actually that would probably be a bit of a mess hehe.. but we need another link around that area to get the traffic out of the city

[manuka]

i reckon you should all build a bridge and get over it!

[macc4]

in 20 years time do you think we may get a 'tyDi bridge' or similar?

[nick_t]

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Originally Posted by jazzcat

i reckon they should have opened up the new UQ bridge to normal traffic so that sir fred schonell drive could become another link to the south side. there would need to be some major road improvements though. and divert the traffic around the side of the uni or something.

hmm actually that would probably be a bit of a mess hehe.. but we need another link around that area to get the traffic out of the city

When the UQ Green bridge was designed UQ agreed to it as long as there was no link to the UQ traffic system. They rightly were concerned with safety and further congestion to the over stretched UQ traffic system, this is why there is no from of road that links the bridge to the UQ system, it comes into a complete dead end, no service road, no nothing.

[manuka]

cars still drive across it - and they still drive on the bus ways too...

[TAKEtheBLUEpill]

If it was going to be named after any Brisbane band, surely it should have been The Saints. Surely no band has ever been more groundbreaking or influential in Brisbane..... ever???

This is a group of guys who think the Sex Pistols were pre-fabricated pansies. Surely that alone shows how awesome they were/are.

[jazzcat]

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Originally Posted by nick_t

When the UQ Green bridge was designed UQ agreed to it as long as there was no link to the UQ traffic system. They rightly were concerned with safety and further congestion to the over stretched UQ traffic system, this is why there is no from of road that links the bridge to the UQ system, it comes into a complete dead end, no service road, no nothing.

that doesn't surprise me, and i can understand why they did it too. but it would be a perfect location for a northside/southside link if it wasn't going to ruin the UQ/st lucia area with heavy traffic issues

[madam meow]

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Originally Posted by the_puppy

SHould have been The Regurgitator Bridge

lol.. agreed!!!

[fuziwuzi]

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Originally Posted by nick_t

When the UQ Green bridge was designed UQ agreed to it as long as there was no link to the UQ traffic system. They rightly were concerned with safety and further congestion to the over stretched UQ traffic system, this is why there is no from of road that links the bridge to the UQ system, it comes into a complete dead end, no service road, no nothing.

spot on.

you'ld have to do the craziest bush bash to make it work :/ and i think there are a buckload of posts.

450pm-600 is fucking rediculous around fred schnoll drive. no wonder UQ didn't want all the traffic from around anneraly cutting through uni. it would be bad for all drivers :/

Spoiler:

[windowboy]

why couldnt they have called it the O'Hallaran Bridge, after they found that poor bugger they found drowned underneath it.. out of respect..


the Go Betweens? Why not call our next Highway, "Point A to Point B Freeway"...

[Ruthykins]

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Originally Posted by the_puppy

SHould have been The Regurgitator Bridge

I lol'd!

[deXXy_Disaster]

sounds like a silly name but i like the music link.

definitely better than kurilpa though. worst name ever for such a kickass bridge!

[hazyinseptember]

awesomeness and long over due...

too bad it happened after grants death :S

[madam meow]

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Originally Posted by windowboy

why couldnt they have called it the O'Hallaran Bridge, after they found that poor bugger they found drowned underneath it.. out of respect...

the bridges (and other massive engineering feats) of yesteryear would have very VERY long names...

[fuziwuzi]

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Originally Posted by madam meow

the bridges (and other massive engineering feats) of yesteryear would have very VERY long names...

don't suggest that name of the story bridge be changed ;P

[lowkeyandnude]

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Originally Posted by elliotclarke

I'm not a big fan of the band but I think it's great we're associating a land mark with music. The more the better I say because we should all be proud of Brisbane's music scene.

I quite like the band but dont think its particularly appropriate to name an unpopular toll bridge after the band. There was a huge amount of people in the west end/highgate hill area protest over the bridge, now to try to suggest the bridge is a good idea the council attached a name of some local musicians to it, that tries to make people feel better about it.

As Robert Forster said in the article, bridges are poetic...perhaps they are, but they are way more political than poetic. Privately owned toll bridge paid for by the public, opposed by the local community and named after a locall band to make it ok

[kris-ko]

Brisbane not only acknowledging it's cultural history but celebrating it - who'd have think it?