New Zealand’s best-known bridge opened after four years of construction. The need for better transport links between Auckland city and the North Shore had long been the subject of inquiry and agitation.
Bridges
Events In History
29 March 1901
At 96 m long and 91 m high, the suspension bridge over the Shotover River near Queenstown in Central Otago is one of the most spectacular bridges in New Zealand.
Main image: Bailey bridge in Sangro River area
A prefabricated Bailey bridge crosses a ravine in the Sangro River area during the Italian Campaign.
