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How much did the original four-lane Auckland Harbour Bridge cost to build?
Auckland Harbour Bridge carries State Highway 1 across Waitemat? Harbour between central Auckland and the North Shore. Its original four-lane bridge opened on 30 May 1959; four prefabricated side lanes, known as the Nippon clip-ons, were added in 1969. The original construction and the later widening have separate reported costs.
Reported project cost
拢7.516 million
Approximately $21.11 million
Cost basis: 1959
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost1959
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Key dimensions
- Total lengthEngineering New Zealand
- 1,020 m
- Main spanEngineering New Zealand
- 243.8 m
- HeightNZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
- 64 m
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