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Victoria Bridge

Waikato Region, NZ

Victoria Bridge

Victoria Bridge (originally known as the Hamilton Traffic Bridge and later also as The Bridge Street Bridge) is a steel arch bridge in Hamilton, New Zealand, connecting the suburbs of Hamilton Central and Hamilton East. The bridge has a Category I heritage protection. The bridge was designed by Jame

s Fulton, and G M Fraser was the contractor. Work erecting the bridge, which was pre-fabricated in England by the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company, started in 1909. The bridge has a main arch of 340 ft (100 m) and 4 land spans. Its total length is 500 ft (150 m). The road is 18 ft (5.5 m) wide and the footpath 4.5 ft (1.4 m). It cost £25,500, equivalent to over $4m in 2017. It replaced the 1879 timber Union Bridge. In 1929 stone steps were built beside the western end of the bridge to link to Ferry Bank.

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