Luggate
Luggate | |
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Rural settlement | |
The Red Bridge across the Clutha River at Luggate | |
| Coordinates: 44°44′56″S 169°16′11″E / 44.7488°S 169.2696°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Otago |
| Territorial authority | Queenstown Lakes District |
| Ward | Wānaka-Upper Clutha Ward |
| Community | Wānaka-Upper Clutha Community |
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| Government | |
| • Territorial authority | Queenstown-Lakes District Council |
| • Regional council | Otago Regional Council |
| • Mayor of Queenstown-Lakes | Glyn Lewers |
| • Waitaki MP | Miles Anderson |
| • Te Tai Tonga MP | Tākuta Ferris |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.19 km2 (0.46 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2024) | |
• Total | 650 |
| • Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Postcode | 9383 |
| Area code | 03 |
| Local iwi | Ngāi Tahu |
Luggate is a small town in the South Island of New Zealand. 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 town is nestled below the northern end of the Criffel Range of mountains.
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." 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.