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On
this picture
is the
Harbour Bridge
of Auckland
located in
Auckland New
Zealand. The
bridge is
a structure
of an eight
lane road
bridge that
extends the
Waitemata
Harbour and
joins the
Freemans Bay
in Auckland
city with
Northcote. It
has total
distance of 1.15
km. The
bridge has
a height of
43.27 m above high
water. The
bridge was
opened in
May 1959 by
the Prime
Minister of
this period,
Sidney Holland.
The
construction of
the Harbour
Bridge took
four years.
In 1959 the
bridge road
was
officially open
with four
lanes with
two in
each
direction. During
the
construction of
the bridge
there have
been four
deaths.Those
men have
their names
on a memorial
plaque under
the bridge. |
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