This is a single suspension bridge from the Bridgemeister historical inventory of suspension bridges.

(footbridge)

East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand - Silver Stream
Bridgemeister ID:5238 (added 2020-10-20)
Name:(footbridge)
Location:East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand
Crossing:Silver Stream
Coordinates:45.877880 S 170.299059 E
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:Closed, June, 2020 (last checked: 2020)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)

Notes:

  • Damaged by flood, 2017, but remained open.
  • Believed to have been built in the 1950s.
  • May-June 2020: Declared unsafe and closed. Dunedin City Council announced plans to remove the bridge as "unsafe" causing complaints by local residents upset about the possible removal.

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