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LAST PILE SOON.

NEW FITZHERBERT BRIDGE. Next week, it is anticipated, the final pile of the new Fitzherbert bridge now in course of construction across the Manawatu River will be driven. Only five piles remain to be sunk in the last pier, which is the third from the city end, all the others being finished. It is estimated that within three weeks the whole of the under-structure of the bridge will be in position. Seven out of the eleven spans of the bridge have been finished, and two more are rapidly approaching completion. Of the total length of 839 feet in the structure, a distance of some 598 feet has now been finished, and another 112 feet will shortly be added when, with the falsework removed from the second arch span, the decking of this will proceed. Concrete for the decking of the section of the bridge already constructed on the city side will be poured in at the beginning of next week.

When the bridge is finished it will contain 6390 tons of concrete and 400 tons of steel, the latter of which, if drawn out to the thickness of ordinary fencing wire, would stretch over a continuous length of 3100 miles. All the metal used in the concreting work has come from the bed of the Manawatu River.

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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 307, 24 November 1934, Page 6

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LAST PILE SOON. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 307, 24 November 1934, Page 6

LAST PILE SOON. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 307, 24 November 1934, Page 6

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