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Pukete Bridge - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 37°44′34.9″S 175°15′15.14″E / 37.743028°S 175.2542056°E

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Pukete Bridge
South side of bridge from River Rd, with acoustic barrier of blue and yellow plastic panels, in 2015
Coordinates	37°44′35″S 175°15′14″E / 37.743°S 175.254°E / -37.743; 175.254
Carries	Motor vehicles
Crosses	Waikato River
Owner	Hamilton City Council
Preceded by	Fairfield Bridge
Followed by	Pukete sewer bridge
Characteristics
Total length	158 metres (518 ft)
Longest span	75 metres (246 ft)^[1]
History
Construction start	January 1985
Construction end	October 1996
Statistics
Daily traffic	2004 22,247 2005 24,000 2006 25,200 2007 26,400 2008 26,300 2009 27,200 2010 28,100 2011 26,900 2012 25,300 2013 26,400 2014 33,000 Eastbound Westbound 2015 12,900 12,900 2016 15,600 15,400 2017 17,600 18,700 2018 18,600 19,800 2019 14,600 21,700 2020 12,800 21,200 2021 10,400 11,200 2022 16,900 18,500^[2]
Location

Pukete Bridge is a concrete box girder bridge in Hamilton, New Zealand, spanning the Waikato River. The bridge connects the western and eastern stretches of Wairere Drive.

In February 2011 an upgrade began including expand the number of lanes from two to four. It was originally expected to be completed in late 2013,^[3] but was finished in May 2013.^[4] During the early part of 2011 thousands of tonnes of earth were removed by truck and taken 3 km to build up 2 large earth ramps as part of the New Zealand State Highway 1 bypass at Horotiu. As the original road had been built largely in a gully, this included the removal of trees and other vegetation planted on the gully sides to block traffic noise.

The existing cycle lane will be incorporated in the new roadway and a new three-metre-wide cycle and pedestrian clip-on added on the southern side of the bridge. By Easter 2013 4 laning was complete. The cycle lane has acoustic barrier of blue and yellow plastic panels which prevent views of the river from vehicles on the south side. The yellow panels signify the kowhai trees lining the banks of the river, and the blue panels represent the water and sky.^[5] The north side of the bridge has been lined with crash barriers to prevent cars crashing into the river after an accident. A driver was killed in 2012 after her 4-wheel drive went out of control and plunged through the barrier into the river.^[6]

Traffic at Pukete Bridge in 2006 was 25,200 vehicles a day.^[7] In 2018 it was 38,400.^[8]

References

^ "Pukete Bridge" (PDF). BBR Contech. October 2002. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
^ "Hamilton City Traffic Counts". data-waikatolass.opendata.arcgis.com. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
^ Preston, Nikki (24 July 2010). "Ring road expansion planned". Waikato Times. Fairfax New Zealand. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
^ "Wairere Drive 4-laning". Hamilton City Council. May 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
^ Leaman, Aaron (21 February 2013). "Pukete Bridge clip-on lane opens". Stuff. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
^ Leaman, Aaron (30 August 2012). "Bridge death not down to roadworks: Labour dept". Stuff. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
^ "Traffic Counting Data" (PDF). Hamilton City Council.
^ "2018 Traffic Flow Map" (PDF). Hamilton City Council.

v t e Waikato River
Source: Mount Ruapehu—Flows into: Tasman Sea
Administrative areas	Auckland Region Waikato Region Taupō District
Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream)	Tūrangi Taupō Wairakei Ātiamuri Mangakino Arapuni Cambridge Matangi Tamahere Hamilton Horotiu Ngāruawāhia Huntly Ohinewai Rangiriri Meremere Mercer Tuakau Port Waikato
Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Waipakihi River Tongariro River Tauranga Taupō River Mangakino Stream Waipapa River Pōkaiwhenua Stream Waipā River Whangamarino River Mangatangi River Mangatāwhiri River Awaroa River
Lakes in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)	Tongariro River pools Lake Rotoaira Lake Taupō Lake Maraetai Lake Waipapa Lake Arapuni Lake Karapiro Lake Ngaroto Lake Waahi Lake Kimihia Lake Rotongaro Lake Waikare Lake Whangape
Islands in catchment (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)	Motutaiko Island River delta islands (Opuawhanga, Namuheiriro, Te Weranga Okapu, Kaiwaka No.2, Whatamakiri, Motutieke, Puehunui, Ngāhinapōuri, Tawanui, Motukakako)
Waterfalls and cataracts (upstream to downstream by location or tributary)	Huka Falls Aratiatia Rapids
Structures (upstream to downstream)	Tongariro Street Bridge at Taupō Gates Pedestrian bridge at Huka Falls Taupō Bypass Aratiatia Dam Ohaaki Road State Highway 5 Tutukau Road Ohakuri Dam Ohakuri Village Road Atiamuri Dam State Highway 1 Whakamaru Dam Maraetai Dam - Maraetai I and Maraetai II powerhouse Waipapa Dam Arapuni Road Arapuni Dam Arapuni Suspension Bridge Powerhouse Road Bridge Maungatautari Road Bridge Karapiro Dam Fergusson Bridge Victoria Bridge (Cambridge) Narrows Bridge Cobham Bridge (SH1) Victoria Bridge (Hamilton) Claudelands Bridge Claudelands Railway Bridge Whitiora Bridge Fairfield Bridge Pukete Bridge Pukete sewer bridge Waikato Expressway Horotiu Bridge Road and Te Awa cycleway Great South Road (Ngāruawāhia) Ngāruawāhia rail bridge Tainui Bridge Road (Huntly) Huntly rail bridge Glen Murray Road (Rangiriri) Mercer Ferry Road Tuakau Bridge
Longest New Zealand rivers	1: Waikato 2: Clutha / Mata-Au 3: Whanganui 4: Taieri 5: Rangitīkei 6: Mataura 7: Waiau 8: Waiau Toa / Clarence 9: Waitaki 10: Ōreti 11: Rangitaiki 12: Manawatū

37°44′34.9″S 175°15′15.14″E / 37.743028°S 175.2542056°E / -37.743028; 175.2542056

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