Architect: Public Works Department. Responsibility for the design and calculation of the bridge's span at the time of its construction lay primarily with Chief Engineer Mr. Carruthers and District Engineer C.Y. O'Connor. Style Code: Victorian Suspension Bridge The partially reconstructed suspension bridge, spanning both the north and south banks of the Māwheranui/Grey River and linking the Brunner and Tyneside industrial heritage sites, is the sixth incarnation of a bridge, first built on this site in 1876 to serve what was once New Zealand's largest coal mining area. It is significant as a key element within the Brunner Coal Mining Remains Historic Area, both visually and historically, as a link in the transport network between the mines, the railway, and Greymouth Harbour. For the first twelve years after the opening of the Brunner mine in the 'Coal Gorge', coal was transported downstream to Greymouth Harbour. An ice