THE NEW HUTT BRIDGE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 397, 5 January 1909, Page 6

THE NEW HUTT BRIDGE.

1; : ;: .'<3ONTRACT/LET..'. v :•;■■;;;,''."'.- ; v'iTliefieiSer'of-'iies.srs.'.tll Burke and Co., -Palmerston North, 'has. been,accepted;for.;thu l , '6onstrnctibn ; ;.6f'. : tne! : Hutt.Pipe'Bridge. delayed' : for sonie considerable time, will be.gone on with. i:The \brid^e vis ■to'-supplant tnei. structures' known';as;.tDe.:pipe_briages,;and 'at :the 'same iime'.'serye ; 'as'-.a>highway;for"' traffic .across': tho .Hui't;River' : tp, the westward''of ; Petone. ; The plans •.were : ;prepared in'the,Citj■ Engi-; neers pffi(»S:Th'eA V structeeV:,as'.:'designed;' is' a'deok v bridge of:-hardwood, resting on ters -of' cylindrical' reinforced , ' concrete • piers (e'ach ; sft. in.diameter),'placed,at. a distance pf'B4ft:vfrqm : brie*'another.. -Thore are- sixBt4ft.'wat'er8 t 4ft.'wat'er spansi'an'd'thereare'aHern'ate designs 'Ifor*the'iland.;span's—l9.;spans'-'of 30ft.■ each,', or- 25''Gpan8/dliSsft'.'-oach, according' to the method of construction. - This provides for a bridge 23ft. widebetweentherails, with' an'vlSfti^roadway an.'d , 'a-, footpath 4ft. in, width'.'!.iThetype'bf'bridge; designed is;new'to; Wellington. The ■'beanis,'. tie braces, 'etc:,' in,'massive-,hardwood,. ; and th.e'? : two. rows of-"'big ''wafer-mains •■ that are to "■'forni- a' section {qf the duplicate mains between ' the' Wainui-o-mata. feßervoirs . and the city will' be''laid on 'longitudinal l beams resting on the: bottom chords, of {the superstructure.' /■ The' .deck'of- the'bridge'will-'pe' 26ft. : abdye : ,the ; 10y4.'0f.-tfl?. nveriathig'H'water, and the land spans'-will'- be'slightly 'inclined."• .'■ ',■■'; ;6f''the':''bridgeMs ; .being defrayed by: tlie pity; Council;' the Hutt,' Petorie, andi EastbburnS'Bofoilgh Councils, and the Hutt ; County Council, accordiiig to' a proportionate /scale agreed upon. .'■'■-".' ■ , : '