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New Zealand’s Longest Suspension Bridge | Auckland News
New Zealand just unveiled its longest suspension bridge ever built—189 meters over the Hooker River—after a grueling, weather-beaten construction campaign that turned logistics into a high-stakes puzzle. Built in remote, mountainous terrain where helicopters were the only way to deliver materials, the bridge’s designer, Dan Crocker, reveals how extreme winds and snow forced them to build backwards from what they could actually get to the site. Despite the brutal conditions, Crocker and his team turned the challenge into art, crafting a sleek, lightweight structure that feels solid and…
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