Idealog – July 26, 2019

BEFORE /AFTER

The reimagining

of Auckland’s

Harbour Bridge

The New Zealand Transport Agency has

unveiled its design for a walking and biking

pathway across Auckland Harbour Bridge. The

path is similar to the design of the existing

bridge shape, level with the roadway and five

metres in width. But this is no new idea – as

early as 1946, the Royal Commission proposed

a harbour crossing with a ‘footpath and cycle-

track’ included. This idea was not picked up,

and the Auckland Harbour Bridge opened in

1959 to accommodate just cars after four years

of construction. Sixty years later, this walking

and cycling track may finally come to fruition.

The Auckland Harbour bridge

under construction in 1958.

Ref: WA-48833-G. Alexander

Turnbull Library, Wellington,

New Zealand. /records/22344644

Artist’s impression of the

proposed pathway across

Auckland Harbour bridge.

Credit: New Zealand

Transport Agency.

The Auckland Harbour

Bridge in present day.

before/after

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