HINGAIA BRIDGE.
REPAIR WORK COSTS £6OO. EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION. Appreciation of the manner in which repair work was carried out on the Hingaia bridge, 'was expressed by Cr. A. R. T. Urquhart at Monday's meeting of the Franklin County Council. The work was done with the minimum of inconvenience to the public, lie added. The engineer reported that the bridge was opened for traffic on June 30. The work carried out included the use of a considerable quantity pf material, comprised of steel rods, bolts and hardwood timber. Sixteen pilAs in all were driven —each -SO lo 45 feet in length. The piles were shod with specially hardened pointed shoes and were driven to depths according to nature of sandstone bottom from two feet four inches lo four teet; a solid foundation in each instance was
readied. "Should nothing- unforseen Happen as regards faults in other sections oi the bridge, the structure should now stand for a considerable number ot vears without further expense other than ordinary maintenance,'" said the engineer. "Since the first subsidence took place the upper side of one pier hds settle'd" one-quarter of an inch." The total cost of the work carried out, including all material and labour, was upwards of £OOO. ■
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Franklin Times, Volume XX, Issue 81, 16 July 1930, Page 5
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206HINGAIA BRIDGE. Franklin Times, Volume XX, Issue 81, 16 July 1930, Page 5
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