Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The Bridge was opened by Premier Frank Nicklin on 19th October 1963 and was the longest precast pre-stressed concrete bridge in Australia. The complex construction had involved driving 206 piles, weighing 12 ton each, laying 38 spans of concrete beams to span the 832-metre length.
Just weeks before the opening an expensive Toll was announced, to be paid by all vehicles coming to the island. The 10-shilling Toll was a significant cost and came as a complete surprise, people were very disappointed, and it impacted growth and development for some time. Better roads and increased car ownership had led to a population growth on both the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, but this did not immediately eventuate on Bribie Island.
In 1963 the 10 Shilling Bridge Toll would have paid the cost of petrol to drive a car from Brisbane to the Gold Coast and back, and you