Solstice Too Big for Gateway Bridge?

[sandydownunder]

I'm looking at the Solstice for 2012 Barcelona to Sydney. Any one know if the Solstice can fit under the Gateway Bridge and dock at Portside in Brisbane?

 

Examples of this:

Sapphire & Diamond Princess can't.

 

HAL's Volandam can.

 

Pity if Solstice is too big because then you berth way out in the boon docks in an industrial area.

 

At Portside the city cats are near by and as it would be the last stop on a 44 night voyage I would probably want to take most of my luggage home.

 

Sandra

[dmwnc1959]

According to various online sources:

 

The bridge owes its distinctive shape to air traffic requirements restricting its height to under 80m above sea level (all features of the bridge including light poles) while shipping needs demanded a navigational clearance of 55m - a narrow envelope in which to construct one and a half kilometres of bridge.

 

At its highest point, the Gateway Bridge is 64.5m above the Brisbane River - the equivalent of a 20 storey building.

 

The total height of the bridge includes features such as light poles.

 

Compare this to the air draft (waterline to highest point on ship) of Celebrity SOLSTICE at 61 meters.

 

In other words, YES she is too big to fit under the bridge.