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Bridge Street

60 reports at 10 addresses in South New Brighton, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 54 separate days somebody filed something about it.

60 reports10 addresses54 days reported onfrom the air, then194 documents carry the namethe 1225th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

200 Bridge Street, 24 reports143 Bridge Street, 17 reports131 Bridge Street, 6 reports51 Bridge Street, 4 reports151 Bridge Street, 4 reports59 Bridge Street, 1 report57 Bridge Street, 1 report3 Bridge Street, 1 report198 Bridge Street, 1 report165 Bridge Street, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Bridge Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is South New Brighton.

From the air, then

Bridge Street from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Bridge Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Bridge Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Bridge Street from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →

The addresses on it

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 194 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; Named places within 350 m of a reported pin; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Avon River / Ōtākaro river · 62 m away New Brighton Beach beach · 146 m away unnamed ramp · 59 m away South New Brighton Beach ramp · 89 m away South New Brighton Beach set of steps · 91 m away South New Brighton Beach set of steps · 111 m away

Its file in the papers

Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.

As it was reported

Dumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoPark - General Request, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photo more photographs
on the South New Brighton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Bridge Street?

In South New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Bridge Street?

60 reports at 10 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (28), graffiti & vandalism (17), trees & parks (11).

When was Bridge Street first reported on?

2015, the record covers 54 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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