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The Opiki Toll Bridge with a missing floor
The Opiki Toll Bridge with a missing floor
  • ... that the derelict Opiki Toll Bridge (pictured) is heritage listed in New Zealand?
Moved to mainspace by Panamitsu (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 75 past nominations.

📶Panamitsu (talk) 00:29, 4 May 2025 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Unknown
  • Other problems: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.

QPQ: No - ?
Overall: Overall, looks good. Hook could be more interesting -- Maybe ** ALT1': ...that the now-derelict Opiki Toll Bridge (pictured) was once the longest suspension bridge in Australia?

also, your QPQ links to a disambiguation page. Maximilian775 (talk) 00:54, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

Yeah I agree the hook isn't that interesting. It can't be Australia (the source says Australasia and says "probably"). ALT2:
"... that the derelict Opiki Toll Bridge (pictured) once had the longest main span in New Zealand?"
https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/9619/Tane%20Hemp%20Company%20Limited%20Suspension%20Bridge%20and%20Flaxmill%20Remains (in Detailed List Entry > Physical description) "Before the Opiki bridge was built the Clifden Suspension Bridge had the longest main span in New Zealand, at 111.5 metres, with its approximately 7.5 metre concrete towers being much shorter than the Tane Hemp Company bridge’s."
QPQ was a disambiguation link because I hadn't done it yet but it's now done. 📶Panamitsu (talk) 05:11, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
I personally found 'the bridge is also heritage listed by the Manawatū and Horowhenua District Councils' quite interesting but the source cannot clarify any further information. Is the bridge located between the two districts? Unfortunately without knowing if the 'heritage list' in question is the Built Heritage Inventory that information is hard to gloss. Traumnovelle (talk) 07:24, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
Yup your theory is right. The Gazetteer shows that the bridge is in both districts, and I was surprised to see that the bridge is labelled on the map (as "Historic Bridge"). ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:16, 5 May 2025 (UTC)
Immediately after I clicked publish, there was an earthquake in the same district. ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:19, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

May I please point out that it's not anywhere near the longest bridge in New Zealand? It may have been the longest suspension bridge when it was built – I don't know. New Zealand's longest bridge in the Rakaia Bridge. That article tells us that the initial bridge, built in 1873, was 1,370 m long. Schwede66 08:38, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing that, Schwede66. I've had a closer look at the source and it says it had the longest "main span" which clearly does not mean longest bridge. I've modified the hook and article but will have a closer look tomorrow. ―Panamitsu (talk) 09:22, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

ALT3: ... that the Opiki Toll Bridge (pictured) was placed on New Zealand's national heritage register decades after the bridge deck had been removed?

Add a citation and that's fine by me. Maximilian775 (talk) 01:37, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/9619/Tane%20Hemp%20Company%20Limited%20Suspension%20Bridge%20and%20Flaxmill%20Remains "In 1969 a replacement state highway bridge was constructed and the decking of the suspension bridge was removed." and heritage listed on "31st October 2013". ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:27, 5 May 2025 (UTC)
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