[1] Built to service the new Centenary Suburbs of Jindalee, Mount Ommaney and Westlake, the original two lane bridge opened in 1964.

[4] The bridge was duplicated to two lanes each way as part of an upgrade of the Centenary Highway and Western Freeway south of Mount Coot-tha Road.

The Police Commissioner Ray Whitrod ordered that dynamite be used to sink the barge to protect the bridge.

[7][8] When the floodwater receded, the barge was refloated and beached downstream near Fig Tree Pocket to be cut up for scrap.

[citation needed] A project to duplicate the Centenary Bridge to three lanes each way, at a cost of $298 million, commenced construction on 20 April 2023.