Onepoto Bridge
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Onepoto Bridge is a 46 m long pedestrian / cyclist bridge crossing a bush area / tidal stream of the Onepoto
area in North Shore City, Auckland
, New Zealand
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The bridge became necessary after widening of Onewa road towards State Highway 1 made the existing bridge too narrow to carry footpaths. After deciding to build a new bridge, North Shore City Council resolved to construct an iconic structure that would create "architecture integrated into the landscape". This resulting in the bridge structure being encased with wooden curved 'ribs' that have been described as a whale skeleton, a wave or a half-finished sailing ship. The bridge was designed by Beca Group
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The bridge is also part of North Shore City's strategic cycle route network and incorporated into works to better access the local estuarial area for the community.
Onepoto (volcanic crater)
Onepoto is the name of a volcanic explosion crater in North Shore City, New Zealand. It is a part of the Auckland volcanic field.Located near the approaches to the Auckland Harbour Bridge, it was created by a series of eruptions approximately 250,000 years ago...
area in North Shore City, Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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The bridge became necessary after widening of Onewa road towards State Highway 1 made the existing bridge too narrow to carry footpaths. After deciding to build a new bridge, North Shore City Council resolved to construct an iconic structure that would create "architecture integrated into the landscape". This resulting in the bridge structure being encased with wooden curved 'ribs' that have been described as a whale skeleton, a wave or a half-finished sailing ship. The bridge was designed by Beca Group
Beca Group
' is one of the largest employee-owned engineering and related consultancy services companies in the Asia-Pacific. While it is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, Beca operates from three main hubs: Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Beca has over 2,400 employees in total, many of them...
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The bridge is also part of North Shore City's strategic cycle route network and incorporated into works to better access the local estuarial area for the community.
External links
- Proposed Onewa Rd Pedestrian/Cycle Bridge and Pathway (official project webpage of the North Shore City Council)