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The Bridge (Auckland) Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 11/21/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

An XC cache to give you another view or the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

XC used to ride directly over this spot at least twice a day when he was working... Now... Not so much... It had been screaming out for a cache for ages... So here it is.

Did You Know...?

The Auckland Harbour Bridge was opened on 30th of May 1959 and it took over 200 workers around 4 years to build.

It was made with 6500 tonnes of concrete and nearly 6000 tonnes of steel.

When the bridge was first built it only had four lanes but after a few years they needed to make the bridge bigger to cope with all the traffic so they added two lanes to each side. The new lanes were called “clippons” because they were made in Japan, shipped to New Zealand on huge ships and then clipped into place with huge steel pins and rods.



Aucklands famous landmark


The Auckland Harbour Bridge cost 16 million dollars to build over 40 years ago! The clippons were another 13.5 million dollars

They decided to build a harbour bridge because the traffic wanting to go from Auckland City to the North Shore or vice versa was growing all the time and the trip round the harbour through West Auckland used to take hours.

Before the bridge was built vehicles and passengers also used ferries to get from one side to the other. Ferries are boats that take either cars or passengers or both.

The span between the water and the bridge is about 15 stories high enough for most yachts to sail under but not high enough for many of the cruise ships, tankers and cargo ships that come into the Auckland Wharfs

The bridge is 1,021 meters long (nearly 10 rugby fields long)

Caution...!!! The cache is not on top of the bridge so don't stop on the bridge itself....

Small metal container..... Not likely to last long but will keep an eye on it...

Contains a log only so bring your own pen. Room for tiny items and Geocoins.



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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zbir pybfr gb cyndhr yuf naq ybbx hc.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)