History Of The Panmure Bridge - Kanye

History Of The Panmure Bridge

The Panmure Bridge was not always there at first, There was a punt that people had to pay 3 pennies just so they can get across the tamaki river. The punt was used by pulling yourself across the river because there was never a bridge to get over the tamaki river at the time.

The first Panmure Bridge was built between 1864 - 1865, Mr WR Collet designed the first Panmure Bridge but people were only able to walk across the bridge so that it won't break, But fortunately the bridge didn’t last long there was problems with the bridge so it was broken down and replaced with the second Panmure Bridge

The second Panmure Bridge was an even stronger bridge that was built out of stone in 1916, One of the people that had helped or took leadership of the bridge had driven a tractor across to show all of the people how strong the bridge was, Then all of a sudden the side of the bridge slowly started to crumble and fall apart, There was complaints about the bridges safety and was unable to be used until it was fixed or replaced, That's when they had to build the third and last Panmure Bridge

The third Panmure Bridge was built in 1959 and is still standing till this day, This bridge is strong enough to hold six tones and is still in perfect condition from 1959 - 2018, The bridge is now used by hundreds of people and is now free to cross when ever you won’t to.

A lot of things has happened over these years but the Panmure Bridges past still remains unforgotten and as a piece of history waiting to be told.  A lot of people had fighted so hard for this bridge to be built and has now become a gateway from Panmure to Pakuranga/Howick.