Bridge to Brisbane is an annual
long-distance
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fun run
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over a distance of or held in
Brisbane
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,
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in August.
The first race occurred in 1997 with fewer than 5000 entrants and each year the event raises funds for charity. 2007 saw 24,350 runners participate.
In 2007 the Bridge to Brisbane attracted a field of up to 30,000 runners, while 2008 saw more than 36,000 people join the race and in 2009 more than 45,000 people took part.
Route
Until 2015, the race began at the southern side of the
Eastern Sir Leo Hielscher Bridge in
Lytton and finished at the
Ekka
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showgrounds in
Bowen Hills
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Geography
Bowen Hills is by road from the Brisbane CBD.
Mayne is a neighbourhood within the sou ...
. The route travels along
Kingsford Smith Drive and the
Inner City Bypass, towards the city via the suburbs of
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and Bowen Hills. In 2016 the course was moved to Brisbane City. The start line is in Spring Hill and participants cross three bridges before finishing in
South Bank Parklands
The South Bank Parklands are located at South Bank within the suburb of South Brisbane in Brisbane
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in South Brisbane. Since 2021, the race has used its original course again.
A recent addition has been the incorporation of a race (from
Breakfast Creek
The Breakfast Creek ( Aboriginal: ''Barrambin'') is a small urban stream that is a tributary of the Brisbane River, located in suburban Brisbane in the South East region of Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
Rising as the Enoggera Cre ...
) starting later than the full race, with some runners competing in both.
Originally the race was called the 'Bridge to Bay' and instead of heading from the Gateway Bridge towards Brisbane, it headed towards the coast line finishing at
Manly. The end of the race was then moved to
New Farm Park
New Farm Park is a heritage-listed riverfront public park at 137 Sydney Street, New Farm, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Albert Herbert Foster and built from 1914 to 1950 by Gladwin Legge & Co. It was added to the ...
. In 2007 the roads in the suburbs of
Fortitude Valley
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and
New Farm
New Farm is an inner northern riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , New Farm had a population of 12,542 people.
Geography
The suburb is located 2 kilometres east of the Brisbane CBD on a large bend of the ...
became gridlocked.
This
traffic congestion
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prompted another change of moving the finish to the
RNA Showgrounds
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.
Participation
Results
See also
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List of largest footraces
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References
External links
Bridge to Brisbane website
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Sport in Brisbane
10K runs
Athletics competitions in Australia
Recurring sporting events established in 1997
Annual events in Brisbane
1997 establishments in Australia
Annual sporting events in Australia
Athletics in Queensland