Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge
1693 Gibbston Highway (State Highway 6), Gibbston, Queenstown · Queenstown-Lakes District
Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge is a Category 1 historic place on the New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero, entered on 26 November 1981. It was built in 1880, designed by Harry Pasley Higginson.
- List entry
- Historic Place Category 1
- List number
- 50
- Entered on the list
- 26 November 1981
- Status
- Listed
- Built
- 1880
- Architects and builders
- Harry Pasley Higginson (Engineer); J McCormick (Builder)
- Used as
- Bungy Jumping Operation, Cycle Trail, Historic or recreation reserve
- Formerly
- Bridge/ Viaduct, Road
- Also known as
- Kawarau Bridge; AJ Hackett Bungy; A. J. Hackett Bungy Bridge; Kawarau Gorge Bridge; NZAA Site F41/426
- Public access
- Able to Visit
- Council
- Queenstown-Lakes District Council
- Region
- Otago
Later work
Other 1963
The property
- 1693 Gibbston HighwayGibbston, Queenstown