Panmure Bridge | |
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 The 1959 Panmure Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 36°54′29″S 174°51′29″E / 36.90806°S 174.85806°E |
| Crosses | Tāmaki River |
| Locale | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Maintained by | NZ Transport Agency |
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The Panmure Bridge, also known as the Tāmaki River Bridge, is a bridge crossing the Tāmaki River in Auckland, New Zealand, connecting the suburbs of Panmure and Pakuranga. The original 1865 bridge, a wooden and steel structure with a swing span allowing for river traffic, was the first bridge to connect the Auckland isthmus to the surrounding areas of Auckland, predating the opening of the Māngere Bridge in 1875. The swing-span mechanism, found on the eastern banks of the Tāmaki River, is the earliest surviving swing-span mechanism in New Zealand.[1]
The original bridge was replaced with a reinforced concrete bridge in 1916, replaced in 1959 with the current structure. As a part of the Eastern Busway work in 2021, a public and active transport bridge was constructed parallel to the Panmure Bridge.
- ^ "Panmure Bridge Swing Span and Abutment". Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 3 January 2021.