This huge gap in the main road in the lower Otira Gorge is one of a number gouged out by floodwaters in the storm on Monday. In the background is the Yorkey’s Point bridge. Ministry of Works engineers estimate that it will be at least a week before traffic will be able to pass between Otira and Arthur’s Pass on a temporary track.
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Press, 6 December 1979, Page 2
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63This huge gap in the main road in the lower Otira Gorge is one of a number gouged out by floodwaters in the storm on Monday. In the background is the Yorkey’s Point bridge. Ministry of Works engineers estimate that it will be at least a week before traffic will be able to pass between Otira and Arthur’s Pass on a temporary track. Press, 6 December 1979, Page 2
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