Auckland, New Zealand - Harbour Bridge - RP postcard special opening pmk 1959

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Harbour Bridge, Auckland, New Zealand - probable real photo
• Publisher:  none stated (blank backed card)
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  New Zealand 1959 Marlborough Centennial Stamp 3d (SG773)
• Postmark(s):  Auckland 30 5 1959 Harbour Bridge Opening postmark
• Sent to:  Hawkes Pharmacy Ltd, Te Aroha
• Notes / condition: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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The Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight-lane box truss motorway bridge over the Waitemata Harbour, joining St Marys Bay in Auckland with Northcote in the former North Shore City, New Zealand. It is part of State Highway 1 and the Auckland Northern Motorway. The bridge is operated by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA).^[4] It is the second-longest road bridge in New Zealand, and the longest in the North Island.^[5]

It is 1,020 m (3,348 ft) long, with a main span of 243.8 m, rising 43.27 m above high water,^[6] allowing ships access to the deepwater wharf at the Chelsea Sugar Refinery, one of the few such wharves west of the bridge, the proposed Te Atatu port not having been built.^{[7][citation needed]}

While often considered an Auckland icon, criticism has included the nickname of 'coathanger' due to its shape to complaints that it mimics the Sydney Harbour Bridge in copyist fashion.^[8] Many see the construction of the bridge without walking, cycling, and rail facilities as a big oversight.

The bridge sees a small number of suicide attempts, with between one and two people each year dying from jumping into the Waitemata Harbour.^[9]

Bungy operator AJ Hackett operates a 40-m bungy jump from the bridge and offers a bridge climb with views of the city and the harbour.^[10]

While dominated by cars in terms of vehicle numbers, almost 40% of people crossing during the 7-9am morning peak are using buses, contributed to by the success of the Northern Busway leading to the bridge (though no bus lanes are on the bridge).^[11]

type=real photographic (rp)

country/ region/ city=new zealand

period=post-war (1945 - present)

postage condition=posted

number of items=single

size=standard (140x89mm)