Cobham Bridge
Bridge
37°48′20″S 175°17′42″E / 37.80553°S 175.29493°E / -37.80553; 175.294932000 24,435
2005 26,800
2010 27,606
2015 29,000
2020 33,300
2021 29,000[1]
Cobham Bridge is a 143.3 m (470 ft) long[2] girder bridge[3] in Hamilton, New Zealand, on Cobham Drive, which is part of SH1C.
It spans the Waikato River. The Ministry of Works plaque at the southern end of the bridge says they designed it and it was opened on 29 June 1963. Its deck is 28 m (92 ft) above sea level.[2] The river bed is 3.5 m (11 ft) above sea level.[4]
Like the 1962 Cobham Bridge over the Whanganui River, it was opened when Lord Cobham was Governor General, though not opened by him. Mrs Adams-Schneider, Mayor Denis Rogers and Minister of Works, Stan Goosman, were at the opening.[5]
Gallery
- Cobham Bridge from north bank
- Cobham Bridge opening plaque
- Bridge from south bank
References
- ^ "Hamilton City Traffic Counts". data-waikatolass.opendata.arcgis.com. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ a b Highways Information Sheet 01N-0554 (D)
- ^ "Hamilton City River Plan". www.hamiltoncityriverplan.co.nz. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Degradation of the Waikato River – Karapiro to Ngaruawahia – Review of Existing Knowledge & Recommendations for Future Work" (PDF). Environment Waikato. August 2003.
- ^ "COBHAM BRIDGE OPENING". Triton | Stories. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
External links
- Google Street Scene from the bridge
- Hamilton City Libraries 1960s construction photos
Aerial views –
- April 1963 view of construction
- 1969 view showing also Victoria and Claudelands Bridges
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Waikato River
Source: Mount Ruapehu—Flows into: Tasman Sea
(upstream to downstream)
(upstream to downstream by confluence)
(upstream to downstream by location or tributary)
(upstream to downstream by location or tributary)
- Motutaiko Island
- River delta islands (Opuawhanga, Namuheiriro, Te Weranga Okapu, Kaiwaka No.2, Whatamakiri, Motutieke, Puehunui, Ngāhinapōuri, Tawanui, Motukakako)
(upstream to downstream by location or tributary)
(upstream to downstream)
- Tongariro Street Bridge at Taupō Gates
- Pedestrian bridge at Huka Falls
- Taupō Bypass
- Aratiatia Dam
- Ohaaki Road
- State Highway 5
- Tutukau Road
- Ohakuri Dam
- Ohakuri Village Road
- Atiamuri Dam
- State Highway 1
- Whakamaru Dam
- Maraetai Dam - Maraetai I and Maraetai II powerhouse
- Waipapa Dam
- Arapuni Road
- Arapuni Dam
- Arapuni Suspension Bridge
- Powerhouse Road Bridge
- Maungatautari Road Bridge
- Karapiro Dam
- Fergusson Bridge
- Victoria Bridge (Cambridge)
- Narrows Bridge
- Cobham Bridge (SH1)
- Victoria Bridge (Hamilton)
- Claudelands Bridge
- Claudelands Railway Bridge
- Whitiora Bridge
- Fairfield Bridge
- Pukete Bridge
- Pukete sewer bridge
- Waikato Expressway
- Horotiu Bridge Road and Te Awa cycleway
- Great South Road (Ngāruawāhia)
- Ngāruawāhia rail bridge
- Tainui Bridge Road (Huntly)
- Huntly rail bridge
- Glen Murray Road (Rangiriri)
- Mercer Ferry Road
- Tuakau Bridge
- 1: Waikato
- 2: Clutha / Mata-Au
- 3: Whanganui
- 4: Taieri
- 5: Rangitīkei
- 6: Mataura
- 7: Waiau
- 8: Waiau Toa / Clarence
- 9: Waitaki
- 10: Ōreti
- 11: Rangitaiki
- 12: Manawatū
37°48′19.9″S 175°17′42.1″E / 37.805528°S 175.295028°E / -37.805528; 175.295028