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The Suicide Bridge

This is Grafton Bridge, which spans the valley (and motorway) which cuts through central Auckland between the University and the Domain Park. Due to it’s location, height and originally low barriers it’s known locally as the “suicide bridge”. Because of the high rate of jumpers the council installed a safety barrier from 1996 but took it down in 2002. Maybe they thought people were no longer commiting suicide anymore. Sadly this wasn’t true and the barriers went back up the same year. Rather ominously there’s a graveyard below the bridge at it’s west end.

Grafton Bridge in 1910:

Another example of how changable the weather is, one side of the bridge:

and the other:

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  1. Mother Dearest | July 9th, 2006 | 9:36 am

    Hi darling. Is Grafton Bridge different from the harbour bridge that you were going to visit (climb) with James ?

  2. Bobby | July 10th, 2006 | 4:08 am

    Well there’s not much to climb at grafton bridge mum.. The Harbour bridge is like a small(er) version of the Sydney Harbour bridge. Still have that planned but may have to wait a little while longer…

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