Luggate

Luggate
Rural settlement
The Red Bridge across the Clutha River at Luggate
The Red Bridge across the Clutha River at Luggate
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Coordinates: 44°44′56″S 169°16′11″E / 44.7488°S 169.2696°E / -44.7488; 169.2696
CountryNew Zealand
RegionOtago
Territorial authorityQueenstown Lakes District
WardWānaka-Upper Clutha Ward
CommunityWānaka-Upper Clutha Community
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial authorityQueenstown-Lakes District Council
 • Regional councilOtago Regional Council
 • Mayor of Queenstown-LakesGlyn Lewers
 • Waitaki MPMiles Anderson
 • Te Tai Tonga MPTākuta Ferris
Area
 • Total1.19 km2 (0.46 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total650
 • Density550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDT)
Postcode
9383
Area code03
Local iwiNgāi Tahu

Luggate is a small town in the South Island of New Zealand.[3] It is located on State Highway 6 between Wānaka and Cromwell, near the junction with State Highway 8A, approximately 15 km from the Wānaka township, just past Wānaka Airport.

The Luggate 'Grandview Bridge' is a local icon listed highly in the Queenstown Lakes District Council's Historic Register. It was opened on October 28, 1915, and has been described as "one of the most attractively proportioned steel truss road bridges in the country."[4] It is 103.7 metres long, and features a 61-metre Baltimore through truss, another 30.5m truss and a 12.2m rolled steel joist end span.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Place name detail: Luggate". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. ^ Thornton, Geoffrey (2001). Bridging the Gap: Early Bridges in New Zealand 1830–1939. Auckland: Reed Publishing Ltd. p. 164.