Bridge Name: | Fergusson Bridge |
Coordinates: | -37.895°N 175.4797°W |
Carries: | Motor vehicles |
Crosses: | Waikato River |
Owner: | Waipa District Council |
Preceded: | Karapiro dam |
Followed: | Victoria Bridge |
Length: | 50m (160feet) |
Open: | 1964 |
Fergusson Bridge (or the Low-level bridge) is a pre-cast, prestressed concrete bridge in Cambridge, New Zealand, spanning the Waikato River. It cost £41,000, was designed by North, Swarbrick, Mills & Westwood and opened in 1964.[1] It was named after Governor-General Sir Bernard Fergusson.[2]
The bridge is on the site of the original 1870 bridge and the 1876 Red Bridge.