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A second bridge was constructed in 1881, but was unsuitable for the needs of motorised transport and was eventually replaced by the current structure. On 13 December 1990 the Balclutha Road Bridge was classified as a Category I Historic Place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. [1] Another bridge, the Balclutha Rail Bridge, stands several ...
Balclutha Road Bridge. The most prominent structure in the town is the concrete Balclutha Road Bridge across the Clutha, which was built in 1935. The original 1868 wooden bridge was washed away on 14 October 1878. Rebuilt in 1881, it was later considered unsuitable for motor vehicles.
Former SH 91 leaves SH 1 at Balclutha immediately to the north of the Balclutha Road Bridge. The route travels southeast, following the course of the Clutha River downstream. At the start of the river's delta, the route roughly follows the course of the northern delta branch, the Matau, but running straight rather than following the river's ...
Balclutha Road Bridge; D. Deadman's Point Bridge This page was last edited on 3 July 2022, at 07:50 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Road (motorway) bridge Balclutha Road Bridge: 244 801 Clutha River at Balclutha: Otago region 1935 Road bridge City to Sea Bridge: Jervois Quay (from Civic Square to Whairepo Lagoon) Wellington Region: 1994 Pedestrian bridge Fairfield Bridge: 139 456 Waikato River at Hamilton: Waikato Region: 1937 Road bridge, pedestrian bridge Grafton Bridge ...
Clutha District is a local government district of southern New Zealand, with its headquarters in the Otago town of Balclutha.Clutha District has a land area of 6,334.47 km 2 (2,445.75 sq mi) and an estimated population of 19,300 as of June 2024.
It is located 14km south of Balclutha and 8km north of the headland of Nugget Point. It has a seasonally fluctuating population, and there are numerous cribs ( holiday homes ) at the settlement. The settlement's best−known resident was Māori poet Hone Tuwhare , who lived in Kaka Point for many years until he died in 2008.
Inch Clutha is a large, flat island sitting in the delta between the Matau (northern) and Koau (southern) branches of the Clutha River, downstream from the town of Balclutha in the South Island of New Zealand. Approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) long and 3 kilometres (2 mi) wide, the fertile but flood-prone land of the island is extensively farmed.