Victoria Bridge, Hamilton
Victoria Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 37°47′29″S 175°17′23″E / 37.79128°S 175.28983°E |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians |
| Crosses | Waikato River |
| Other name(s) | Hamilton Traffic Bridge |
| Owner | Hamilton City Council |
| Preceded by | Cobham Bridge |
| Followed by | Claudelands Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Longest span | 103.6 m |
| No. of spans | three |
| Piers in water | nil |
| History | |
| Designer | James Fulton |
| Constructed by | G M Fraser |
| Construction start | 1909 |
| Opened | 1910 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 2-way traffic counts 92m east of Victoria St 2004 28,585 2005 29,050 2010 26,300 2015 25,400 2020 25,500 2021 25,600 2022 25,700 |
| Location | |
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. The bridge has a Category I heritage protection.
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.