RIVERTON BRIDGE OPENED
STRUCTURE COSTING £27,300. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Invercargill, Last Night. Commenced about two years ago by the Public Works Department the new traffic bridge over the Aparima River at Riverton was, officially opened this afternoon by Mr. Adam Hamilton, M.P. The new bridge is a concrete structure 440 feet long and composed of eleven 40-feet spans. It has a footpath four feet wide. The estimated cost is £27,300, including roadways of 18 feet, and it is expected that it will 'be completed "at under the estimated cost. Two-thirds of this cost is borne by the Main Highways Board and the remainder by the local bodies concerned.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 November 1930, Page 9
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