Auckland Harbour Bridge. Auckland. New Zealand.
S 36° 49.800 E 174° 44.760
60H E 298987 N 5921615
The Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight-lane steel box truss motorway bridge over the Waitemata Harbour, joining St Marys Bay in Auckland with Northcote in North Shore City, New Zealand. The bridge is part of SH1 and the Auckland Northern Motorway.
Waymark Code: WM56XF
Location: New Zealand
Date Posted: 11/20/2008
Views: 36
The steel cantilever box truss bridge took four years to build from 1956 - 1959, with Dorman Long / Cleveland Bridge Co. being the original contractors. The large steel girder sections were partially pre-assembled, and then floated into place on construction barges.
The bridge was opened officially on May 30, 1959 by the Governor-General Lord Cobham, with four lanes of traffic, two in each direction. Four men were killed during construction, and their names are recorded on a memorial plaque underneath the bridge at the Northcote end. The bridge started out as a toll bridge, with toll booths for both north and south-bound traffic located at the northern end. Tolls were originally 2/6 (25 cents) per car. Later tolling was made south-bound only, before being discontinued on March 30, 1984, and the booths removed.
The bridge was originally built with four lanes for traffic. In 1969 two-lane box girder clip-on sections were added to each side, doubling the number of lanes to eight. The sections were manufactured by Japanese contractors (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries), which led to the nickname 'Nippon clip-ons'.
Parking Coordinates:: S 36° 50.140 E 174° 44.480
Date Built: 05/30/1959
Length of Span:
span lengths 80.82 m - 103.70 m - 114.375 m - 124.06 m - 177.28 m - 244.00 m - 176.90m, the longest span being 244m. Total length - 1,020 metres (3,348 ft.
www:
http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000191
http://www.aucklandmotorways.co.nz/northern/ahc.html
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Visit Instructions:
Log your find with a picture of the bridge with yourself or your GPS in the foreground. This shot does not have to be taken "on" the bridge. The shot should show the "truss" structure of the bridge as well.