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The Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight-lane motorway bridge over Waitematā Harbour in ... bungy jump experience and a guided bridge climb over the arch truss. [82]
The first Auckland Marathon was held in June 1936, using an Auckland waterfront course. [1] The race did not become an annual event until 1949, or the 1960s, [2] [3] or until 1992 if the Great Northern Marathon (Takanini) events are not regarded as the Auckland Marathon editions of 1989 to 1991, [4] and it was not until October 1992 that the Harbour Bridge crossing was first used, becoming the ...
The athlete is set to complete a number of big challenges along the way, including a canyon swing in Queenstown, bungee jumping off Auckland Harbour Bridge and sky diving in Abel Tasman. He ...
In November 1986, Hackett, along with Sigglekow, performed his first amateur bungy jump from the Upper Harbour Bridge (Greenhithe Bridge) in Auckland, [3] [5] citing it as "one of the most riveting experiences of my life." Following this Hackett made jumps from a bridge in Auckland, the Auckland Harbour Bridge and other bridges in the North ...
At the start of this leg, teams had to drive to the Westhaven Marina in Auckland, find a yacht called the Hydroflow, and lower their next clue from the yacht's rigging. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to travel by boat to Auckland Harbour Bridge and climb a ladder to the girders beneath the roadway. From there, they had to walk ...
The Waitematā Harbour is the main access by sea to Auckland, New Zealand. The harbour forms the northern and eastern coasts of the Auckland isthmus and is crossed by the Auckland Harbour Bridge. It is matched on the southern side of the city by the shallower waters of the Manukau Harbour.
Construction began on the Auckland Harbour Bridge in 1954, and it opened in 1959, with toll booths in place until 1984. Traffic was immediately higher than expected from its first day of opening. By 1969 it had become obvious that the bridge was too narrow and two additional lanes—known locally as the "Nippon clip-ons" [ 5 ] —were added on ...
The Auckland waterfront (rarely the Auckland harbourfront) is a city-side stretch of the southern Waitematā Harbour coastline in Auckland, New Zealand. Previously mostly dominated by Ports of Auckland uses, from the 2000s on it is becoming increasingly open to recreational public use, with a number of former wharves being converted to office ...