Te Rewa Rewa Bridge, Pedestrian bridge in New Plymouth District, New Zealand

Te Rewa Rewa Bridge is a 68.8-metre steel arch footbridge and cycleway over the Waiwhakaiho River. Two steel tubes run beneath the deck, while a third, with 19 ribs, forms the white skewed arch; the deck is 2.5 metres wide and stands 4.5 metres above normal flow. The white ribs curve down to a flat paved deck lined with vertical balusters.

The bridge opened in 2010 following a partnership between the Ngāti Tawhirikura hapū and New Plymouth District Council. Its location near an ancient pā marks a site of past conflicts in the region.

The name Rewa Rewa belongs to the north-bank burial ground beside a historic pā, site of a Musket Wars battle; the hapū Ngāti Tawhirikura allowed the crossing on condition it touch the ground lightly. Designer Peter Mulqueen aligned the ribs so that, walking away from the sacred ground, Mount Taranaki appears framed within the skewed arch.

The deck sits 4.5 metres above normal river flow, high enough to stay passable during floods and volcanic lahars. The 2.5-metre-wide crossing carries both pedestrians and cyclists, and the 68.8-metre span was built to take an ambulance and service vehicles. The bridge forms part of the Coastal Walkway extension linking New Plymouth with Bell Block.

The 85-tonne superstructure, 85 metres long, had to be hauled to the site across a private golf course. To avoid disturbing the river, no temporary piers were used during construction. The bridge was designed to carry an ambulance and other service vehicles.