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Grafton Bridge

From Wikipedia:

The Grafton Bridge is a road bridge spanning Grafton Gully in Auckland, New Zealand.

Built of reinforced concrete in 1910, it connects Auckland CBD with Grafton. It spans about 97.6 metres (320 feet), rises 25.6 metres (84 feet) above the abutments to a height of around 43 metres (142 feet) over the gully.

The bridge is listed by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and on the IPENZ Engineering Heritage Register. In a 2006 poll of 600 alumni of the University of Auckland School of Engineering, the bridge was third in the list of New Zealand engineering achievements, after Manapouri Power Station and Black Magic.

The footpaths are covered with a curved glass screen installed in 2002, to prevent people from falling or jumping off and providing weather cover.

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