Arapuni Suspension Bridge
The Arapuni Suspension Bridge is located just downstream from the Arapuni Power Station on the Waikato River in the South Waikato District of New Zealand.Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in Waikato, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Arapuni Swing Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arapuni Power Station and Arapuni Dam.
Arapuni Power Station
Industrial building
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arapuni Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Waikato River, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by Mercury Energy, and is the seventh and penultimate hydroelectric power station on the Waikato River. Arapuni Power Station is situated 110 metres southwest of Arapuni Suspension Bridge.
Arapuni Dam
Dam
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arapuni Dam is situated 1¼ km south of Arapuni Suspension Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arapuni and Pukeatua.
Arapuni
Village
Arapuni is a rural town centre on the Waikato river in the South Waikato District of New Zealand. The town sits next to the Arapuni Dam, a hydroelectric dam at Lake Arapuni commissioned in 1929.
Pukeatua
Hamlet
Pukeatua is a rural farming community in Waipā District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is situated at the south-western foot of the Pukeatua hill, of the Maungatautari mountain range. Pukeatua is situated 7 km west of Arapuni Suspension Bridge.
Waotu
Hamlet
Waotu or Te Waotu is a rural community in the South Waikato District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The area includes a landscape of rolling dairy farms on the site of a former ancient forest. Waotu is situated 9 km southeast of Arapuni Suspension Bridge.
Arapuni Suspension Bridge
- Categories: suspension bridge and transportation
- Location: South Waikato District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-38.07056° or 38° 4′ 14″ southLongitude
175.64458° or 175° 38′ 41″ eastInception
1926Height
54 metres (177 feet)Open location code
4VHQWJHV+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 1484462281OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q4784237
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In Other Languages
“Arapuni Suspension Bridge” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Arapuni zubi esekia”
- Basque: “Arapuniko zubi esekia”
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