It was designed by Henry Charles Stanley and built from 1894 to 1895 by John McCormick & Son as a replacement for an earlier bridge lost to flooding in 1893.

The structure consists of two steel spans supported by masonry abutments and a central concrete pier that is encased in an iron caisson.

The first Albert Bridge on the site was completed in june 1876[3] and enabled the Main Line railway from Grandchester to Ipswich to be extended to reach Brisbane itself.

The bridge facilitated the mass transportation of goods between Ipswich and Brisbane, which previously was only possible through shipping.

[6] It was designed by Henry Charles Stanley, Queensland's Chief Engineer of Railways from 1891 to 1901 and is considered his major work.

The working drawings and specification were prepared by FL Keir of the Chief Engineer's office, and were completed by mid-1893.

Expiry date for the Albert Bridge contract was set at 14 December 1894, but it was not opened to traffic until August 1895.

Messrs McCormick erected a workshop adjacent to the site at Indooroopilly, and imported machinery necessary for constructing the superstructure and the caisson for the central pier.

[1] The bridge was integral to the southwest railway system linking Brisbane with Ipswich, the Darling Downs, and southeast Queensland.

[1] It is a fully riveted structure consisting of two arched "hogsback" mild steel trusses supported on stone abutments either side, and on a central concrete pier.

This pier is encased in an elliptical wrought- iron caisson to low water level, then built up with masonry to the truss bearings.

These are supported by massive cross-girders riveted to the underneath of the vertical struts and lower booms of the main trusses, at 5.2 metres (17 ft) intervals.

The decking consists of ironbark longitudinals bedded on bitumen and sand, and bolted to steel tee bars which connect the trough girders transversely.

The bridge is important also for its landmark quality and aesthetic contribution to the riverscape along the Indooroopilly reach of the Brisbane River.

[1] The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.