New Zealand - Auckland - Auckland Harbour Bridge - Bridge just finished? - 1959 - Photo Postcard Format #t1015 Auckland harbour bridge opening 30 May 1959 - New Zealand’s best-known bridge opened after four years of construction. - The need for better transport links between Auckland city and the North Shore had long been the subject of inquiry and agitation. The Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority was set up in 1950 to raise funds and organise construction. The bridge’s ‘coat hanger’ design, with lattice girders on the 243-m span, allowed ships to pass beneath. - Building the bridge involved clever cantilevering of the steel girders, and staff working 33 m below sea level preparing the foundations of the reinforced concrete piers. The bridge is 1017 m long, and used 5670 tonnes of steel, 17,160 cubic m of concrete and 6800 litres of paint... (Reference: Read more at https://nzhistory.govt.nz/the-auckland-harbour-bridge-is-officially-opened)