Ruakura Bridge
Ruakura Bridge is a bridge in Waikato District, Waikato. Ruakura Bridge is situated nearby to Taunga Whenua Bridge, as well as near the park Te Wairepo Reserve.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hillcrest High School and St John’s College, Hamilton.
Hillcrest High School
School
Hillcrest High School is a state coeducational secondary school located in south-eastern Hamilton, New Zealand. The school is named after the suburb of Hillcrest for which it serves, although the school itself is actually located in Silverdale. Hillcrest High School is situated 2 km southwest of Ruakura Bridge.
St John’s College, Hamilton
School
St John's College is a state-integrated Catholic boys' secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand, with a school roll of 940 as of October 2025. The school crest features the eagle of St. St John’s College, Hamilton is situated 2 km southwest of Ruakura Bridge.
Te Ara Pekapeka Bridge
Bridge
Te Ara Pekapeka Bridge is a girder bridge over the Waikato River in Hamilton, New Zealand, opened to pedestrians and cyclists on 30 August 2024 and known as Peacocke Bridge during construction. Te Ara Pekapeka Bridge is situated 3½ km southwest of Ruakura Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruakura and Newstead.
Ruakura
Suburb
Photo: BS108, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ruakura is a semi-rural suburb of Hamilton City, in the Waikato region of New Zealand. The University of Waikato is nearby. The area lies to the east of urban Hamilton and to the west of State Highway 1.
Newstead
Hamlet
Newstead is a rural settlement on the outskirts of Hamilton, in the Waikato District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The settlement includes the global headquarters of Livestock Improvement Corporation, a multinational farming co-operative which provides genetics information to the dairy sector.
Silverdale
Suburb
Photo: Nzwj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silverdale is a suburb in south-eastern Hamilton in New Zealand. It is east from Hillcrest and home to Hillcrest High School, despite the school's name. Part of Silverdale is covered by the University of Waikato.
Ruakura Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Category: transportation
- Location: Waikato District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.77764° or 37° 46′ 40″ southLongitude
175.33393° or 175° 20′ 2″ eastOpen location code
4VJQ68CM+WHOpenStreetMap ID
way 887700479OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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