The Jack Pesch Bridge is a bridge for pedestrians and cyclists which crosses the

Brisbane River The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Go ...

. The bridge is named in honour of Jack Pesch ( 1917 – 2002), a cycling champion during the 1930s. He subsequently ran a bicycle shop in

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, Brisbane, until the mid-1990s, selling and servicing his own 'Rocket' cycles and cycle parts. The bridge crosses the Indooroopilly Reach of the River, linking Chelmer and

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. It is immediately adjacent to the

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and Walter Taylor Bridges. It was opened on 2 October 1998 by the Queensland Minister for Transport,

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, and the Lord Mayor of Brisbane,

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. The bridge is for the exclusive use of pedestrians and cyclists.

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