It is shared by motor traffic and pedestrians and is the only habitable bridge in the Southern Hemisphere.

This means that the suspension cables form the top chord of the truss, and this configuration is known as the Steinman (after its inventor) or Florianópolis type.

The bridge was conceived, designed, built and funded by local visionary Walter Taylor, a contractor who lived in Graceville (adjacent to the suburb in Chelmer).

Although there was a rail bridge to Indooroopilly and beyond to the northern suburbs of Brisbane, local residents were frustrated because there was no means by which cars could cross the river.

[3] It was operated by Indooroopilly Toll Bridge Limited, of which Taylor was a Director and Company Secretary, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and with offices in the Central Buildings, Graceville.