Progress With Road Bridges Makomako
WHIROKINO TRESTLE NEARLY FINISHED In something like a month’* time, road traffic will bo able to use the trestle which has been built to eliminate road-flooding difficulties at Whirokino. The deck slabs were all completed last week and only a short distance of hand railing remains to be erected. Ashhurst Overhead Bridge. Tho contractor is now on the job with the work of erecting tho overhead bridge which is to eliminate the dangerous railwuy crossing at Ashhurst. Steel-bending is iu progress and the foundation will be started this week. Men will shortly be engaged on the approaches. Aleanwhile, traffic between Ashhurst aud Woodville will be deviated via tho road at tho back of the Ashhurst railway stution, while Palmerston Nortli-Ashhurst traffic will proceed by the direct route over the hill a little back from the railway station. Feiidiug-VVoodville traffic will turn south vvhen it meets this road till a junction is effected with the Palmerston North-Woodville main highway. In all cases the extra distance to be travelled is very short.
Tenders for the overhead bridge at the Longburn railway crossing have been let and it should not be long before worn is started there as well.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 55, 7 March 1939, Page 7
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