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Good progress towards opening of Waiho River Bailey bridge
5 April 2019
Good progress towards Friday, 12 April,
opening of Waiho River Bailey bridge
The NZ Transport Agency’s Bailey bridge building team is onto the third span of the seven span bridge at the Waiho River, South Westland.
The teams on both sides of the river are still working towards reopening the Waiho River Bailey bridge in a week’s time, Friday, 12 April, says Pete Connors, System Manager for the Transport Agency.
The Transport Agency will be updating the timeframe at the end of this weekend, when it has a clearer idea of any delays and the old bridge spans have been fully removed.
*www.nzta.govt.nz/sh6-waiho-river-bridge (project page for updates)
Time lapse video: Please see the project
page (above) for updates and travel advice, photos of the
work underway and time lapse video of work this week. This
will be added to every day. The camera is on the north side
of the river but points across to the Bailey bridge
construction side.
Both Franz Josef and Fox Glacier townships, as well as Haast, are open, welcome visitors, and people can still access the glaciers via helicopter/ flight once they are there.
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