KARAPIRO BRIDGE
WORK ON NEW STRUCTURE RAPID PROGRESS MADE [from our own correspondent] CAMBRIDGE, Tuesday Since tlio construction of the new Karapiro Bridge oh the,.. Rotorua Road near Cambridge was taken over by the Public Works Department, less than eight weeks ago, every effort has been made to push the work ahead. At present 20 men are engaged at the site. The two piers have been completed, | and workmen are at present engaged in | erecting temporary staging. There are h 50 piles under each pier, these having § been cut off 10ft. under the water and the whole of the foundations filled in | with concrete. , Wooden frames for the main arch- | way are in course of construction, and ■" .| these will soon bo placed in position for filling with concrete. The archway 1® | 110 ft. long, and is joined at the ends I by cantilever spans, each 55ft. long. |
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23082, 6 July 1938, Page 12
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