Opening soon: The bridges for this Auckland wetland walk were completed last month and will be open to the public in the near future.
You can find them close to Auckland Airport, opposite the Memorial Gardens in Puhinui Rd.
- Design: DC Structures Studio
- Build: Currie Construction
- Client: JAMES KIRKPATRICK GROUP LTD
- Completed: June 2025
- Glulam timber supplier: Laminated Beams Ltd.
Bridge specs
- 2-span glulaminated timber footbridge
- Spans = 13m and 18m
- Glulam beams = 9No. x 750deep x 135 wide
- Timber balustrade system
- Timber decking with anti-slip mesh, 3m wide, 4KPa loading.
Boardwalk 1 specs
- 6-span timber boardwalk
- Spans = 3m
- SG8 beams = 6No. x 300deep x 50 wide
- Timber kick-rail
- Timber decking with anti-slip mesh, 2m wide, 4KPa loading.
Boardwalk 2 specs
- 3-span timber boardwalk
- Spans = 3m
- SG8 beams = 6No. x 300deep x 50 wide
- Timber kick-rail
- Timber decking with anti-slip mesh, 2m wide, 4KPa loading.
