Low Bridge Map — New Zealand

There are 864 recorded height restrictions on roads in New Zealand — bridges, tunnels, underpasses and height barriers. The lowest clearance a road vehicle could pass is 2.00 m — anything tagged lower is a gate or a barrier — and 262 restrictions are under 2.5 m. This map shows all of them, and the data behind it is rebuilt every week.

Updated September 6, 2026

864Restrictions

262under 2.5 m

2.00 mLowest

159height unknown

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The lowest clearances in New Zealand

The 100 lowest signed restrictions, lowest first. Every one of the 864 is on the map above.

Location	Height	Type	Road	Region
Moray Place Car Park · Dunedin	2.00 m	restriction	—	Otago
Garden Place Car Park Building · Hamilton City	2.00 m	restriction	—	Waikato
Great South Road · Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Great South Road · Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Main Highway · Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Albert Street · Auckland	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Kitchener Street · Auckland	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auckland
High Street · Auckland	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Apollo Drive · Upper Harbour	2.00 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Durham Street West · Auckland	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Moray Place · Dunedin	2.00 m	restriction	—	Otago
Staff · Auckland	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Main Highway · Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Grand Millennium Hotel Tunnel · Auckland	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Vincent Street · Auckland	2.00 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Denton Park · Wellington	2.00 m	restriction	—	Wellington
Wellington	2.00 m	restriction	—	Wellington
Cobham Dr to Rongotai Cycleway · Wellington	2.00 m	restriction	—	Wellington
Onepu Cycleway · Wellington	2.00 m	restriction	—	Wellington
Onepu Cycleway · Wellington	2.00 m	barrier	—	Wellington
Apollo Drive · Upper Harbour	2.00 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Mercury Lane · Auckland	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Cross Street · Auckland	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Courtenay Street · New Plymouth	2.00 m	restriction	—	Taranaki
Gloucester Street · Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community	2.00 m	restriction	—	Canterbury
Onepu Cycleway · Wellington	2.00 m	restriction	—	Wellington
Albert Street · Auckland	2.00 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Leftbank Carpark · Wellington	2.00 m	restriction	—	Wellington
Poynton Terrace · Auckland	2.00 m	tunnel	—	Auckland
Coatesville-Riverhead Highway · Rodney	2.00 m	bridge	—	Auckland
P6 · Auckland	2.05 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Myers Street · Auckland	2.08 m	restriction	—	Auckland
The Morrow Street Carpark · Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Ophir Street · Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Symonds Street · Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Lichfield Street · Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community	2.10 m	restriction	—	Canterbury
Courthouse Lane · Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Stewart Duff Drive · Wellington	2.10 m	restriction	—	Wellington
Quay Street · Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Federal Street · Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Nelson Street · Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Vincent Street · Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Hopetoun Street · Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Lombard Street · Wellington	2.10 m	restriction	—	Wellington
Tiffen Lower Public Carpark · Napier	2.10 m	restriction	—	Hawke's Bay
Burleigh Street · Auckland	2.10 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Garfield Street · Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Bourke Street · Auckland	2.10 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Fort Street · Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Vogel Lane · Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Burleigh Street · Auckland	2.10 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Devon Street · Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community	2.10 m	tunnel	—	Canterbury
Parkzone Building · Invercargill City	2.10 m	restriction	—	Southland
Main North Road · Papanui-Innes Community	2.10 m	restriction	—	Canterbury
Main North Road · Papanui-Innes Community	2.10 m	restriction	—	Canterbury
Papanui-Innes Community	2.10 m	restriction	—	Canterbury
Quay Street · Auckland	2.10 m	tunnel	—	Auckland
Quay Street · Auckland	2.10 m	tunnel	—	Auckland
Waverley Street · Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Garfield Street · Auckland	2.10 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Papanui-Innes Community	2.10 m	restriction	—	Canterbury
Nelson Street · Auckland	2.11 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Tongaporutu Road · Ōhura	2.13 m	restriction	—	Manawatū-Whanganui
Museum Circuit · Auckland	2.15 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Maxwell Street · Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community	2.15 m	tunnel	—	Canterbury
Matipo Street · Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community	2.15 m	tunnel	—	Canterbury
Matipo Street · Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community	2.15 m	tunnel	—	Canterbury
Maxwell Street · Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community	2.15 m	tunnel	—	Canterbury
Cable Street · Wellington	2.20 m	restriction	—	Wellington
Te Oranui Way · Henderson-Massey	2.20 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Sel Peacock Drive · Henderson-Massey	2.20 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Hereford Street · Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community	2.20 m	restriction	—	Canterbury
Riccarton Road · Christchurch	2.20 m	restriction	—	Canterbury
Leach Street · New Plymouth	2.20 m	restriction	—	Taranaki
Leach Street · New Plymouth	2.20 m	restriction	—	Taranaki
Hereford Street · Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community	2.20 m	restriction	—	Canterbury
Cornwallis Street · Albert-Eden	2.20 m	restriction	—	Auckland
West Coast Road · Waitākere Ranges	2.20 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Mortimer Pass · Auckland	2.20 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Wellington	2.20 m	restriction	—	Wellington
Nelson Street · Auckland	2.20 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Mountain Road · Auckland	2.20 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Nelson Street Cycleway · Auckland	2.20 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Te Ahoterangi Rise · Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	2.20 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Auckland	2.20 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Auckland	2.20 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Park Road · Auckland	2.20 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Park Road · Auckland	2.20 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Domain Drive · Auckland	2.20 m	barrier	—	Auckland
South Eastern Highway · Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	2.20 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Severn Street · Auckland	2.20 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Severn Street · Auckland	2.20 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Glenfield Road · Kaipātiki	2.20 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Bentley Avenue · Kaipātiki	2.20 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Gladstone Road · Auckland	2.20 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Auckland Southern Motorway · Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	2.20 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Auckland Southern Motorway · Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	2.20 m	barrier	—	Auckland
Mount Wellington Highway · Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	2.20 m	restriction	—	Auckland
Auckland Southern Motorway · Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	2.20 m	restriction	—	Auckland

By region

Where the 864 restrictions in New Zealand are, across 15 regions.

Region	Restrictions	Lowest
Auckland	473	1.70 m
Wellington	114	1.80 m
Canterbury	76	1.20 m
Manawatu-Wanganui	48	2.13 m
Waikato	36	1.92 m
Bay of Plenty	32	2.60 m
Otago	29	1.90 m
Taranaki	14	1.90 m
Northland	11	3.44 m
Tasman District	8	2.70 m
West Coast	8	2.30 m
Southland	7	2.10 m
Marlborough District	3	2.30 m
Nelson City	3	5.00 m
Hawke's Bay	2	2.10 m

How to read this data

Every point on this map comes from open map data, where a height restriction is recorded against the road, the bridge or the barrier it applies to. We rebuild our copy of New Zealand once a week, so a clearance corrected on Monday is here by the following weekend. The table lists the 100 lowest restrictions in the country; the map shows every one of them.

Of the 864 restrictions in New Zealand, 159 carry no height at all. That does not mean the road is clear. It means somebody recorded that a limit exists without recording the number — an unsigned height barrier, a sign nobody has read closely, or a tag that says only "lower than the usual limit". Treat those as unknown obstacles, not as open road. The rest break down as 262 under 2.5 m, 58 between 2.5 and 3.2 m, 47 between 3.2 and 4.0 m, and 338 above 4.0 m, with a median stated clearance of 3.75 m.

Coverage is uneven, and honestly so

This data is surveyed by people, and people survey what they drive. Motorways and trunk roads in New Zealand are close to complete; farm tracks, private yards and small village underpasses are not. Auckland alone accounts for 473 of the country's restrictions, which says as much about who maps there as about where the low bridges are. A road with no marker on this map has probably never been surveyed for clearance — it is not a guarantee of headroom.

How tall is your vehicle

Vehicle	Typical height
Small campervan (VW California, Transit Custom)	2.0–2.2 m
Panel van conversion with a roof vent	2.6–2.9 m
Coachbuilt motorhome	3.0–3.5 m
Motorhome with a roof box or satellite dome	up to 3.6 m
Box truck / lorry	4.0 m

Measure yours rather than trusting the brochure: an air conditioner, a solar panel or a roof rack routinely adds 20 cm to a figure that was measured empty, and a loaded suspension does not give it back. Write the number on a sticker on the dashboard — it is the only figure that matters at the moment you are looking at a bridge and a queue of traffic behind you.

Before you drive

Restrictions cluster where old railways cross old roads, and those are exactly the routes a satnav picks to avoid a motorway toll. If your vehicle is over 3 m, plan the route before you start rather than trusting the shortest line on a phone screen.

Questions

How do I find the low bridges on my route in New Zealand?

Open the map above and look along your route before you leave: all 864 recorded restrictions in New Zealand are on it, coloured by clearance, and the table lists the 100 lowest with the town and road each one is on. On the road itself you want something watching ahead for you — a plan made at the kitchen table does not help at a junction you have already reached.

What is the maximum vehicle height allowed in New Zealand?

The general limit is 4.30 m, and anything lower than that has to be signed. That is exactly what makes the 864 restrictions on this page worth reading: they are the places where the ordinary limit does not apply.

How many low bridges are there in New Zealand?

Recorded here are 864 height restrictions of every kind — railway bridges, tunnels, underpasses and height barriers. 262 of them are under 2.5 m and 58 are between 2.5 and 3.2 m — the band that stops an ordinary campervan — while 338 are above 4.0 m.

What is the lowest bridge in New Zealand?

The lowest clearance a road vehicle could pass is 2.00 m; anything tagged lower is a gate or a barrier rather than a road. The median stated clearance is 3.75 m, and the table above starts at the lowest and works up.

A restriction on the map has no height. Does that mean the road is clear?

No. 159 of the 864 restrictions in New Zealand carry no number at all: somebody recorded that a limit exists without recording what it is — an unsigned barrier, a sign nobody read closely. Treat those as unknown obstacles, not as open road.

Where does this data come from, and how current is it?

From OpenStreetMap, rebuilt weekly; these figures were last measured on September 6, 2026. Coverage is uneven and this page says so: Auckland alone accounts for 473 of the restrictions, which is as much about where people survey as about where the low bridges are.

Nearby countries

Australia6,761 · lowest 2.00 m

On the road

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