page_title: Horotiu
section_title: 2017 cycleway
hierarchical_section_title: Horotiu / Bridges / 2017 cycleway
caption_attribution_description: English: Te Awa cycle trail bridge being prepared for lifting into position July 2017, as seen from Hakarimata Range
context_page_description: Horotiu is a small township on the west bank of the Waikato River in the Waikato District of New Zealand. It is on the Waikato Plains 13 km north of Hamilton and 5 km south of Ngāruawāhia. From early in the 20th century it developed around a freezing works and other industries.
  The North Island Main Trunk railway runs through the town, as did State Highway 1 until opening of part of the Waikato Expressway in 2013. An hourly bus runs between Huntly and Hamilton.
context_section_description: The Te Awa cycle bridge is a 140m long, 2.5m wide, $1.3m cable network arch bridge, opened on Thursday 2 November 2017. The bridge is lit from a 9kWh battery, powered by 2 x 100 watt wind turbines and 2 x 250 watt solar panels on 7-metre high masts at the base of the bridge. Since opening the average weekly use by cyclists rose from 133 to 711 and by walkers from 348 to 391.
caption: Te Awa cycle trail bridge being prepared for lifting into position July 2017, as seen from Hakarimata Range. Te Rehu O Waikato and Horotiu bridges in background.
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