The Jacobs Ladder Bridge is a covered footbridge over State Highway 1 in Auckland, New Zealand.
[1] The bridge connects Westhaven Marina, over the widened 10-lane motorway, to the Jacob's Ladder stairs leading up to the Saint Marys Bay suburb.
[5] The bridge provides a gateway statement to Auckland for travellers on the motorway, clad in a golden-coloured mesh network reminiscent of Maori fishing nets or fish traps, and it is lit up at night to provide a similar visual effect.
The stairs now only extend down as far as the bridge's crossing height, with ramped pedestrian paths running west and east along the motorway's southern side.
This name is applied to a number of steep public staircases throughout the world as well as being depicted on a large scale as sculptural elements on the facade of Bath Abbey.