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Article: Support pillars for new bridge go in
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- The Nelson Mail
- Article date:
- February 5, 2003
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The new bridge over the Wairoa River near Brightwater has started
to take shape, with the first of the supporting pillars sprouting up
from the riverbed.
Four of the nine concrete pillars are in the process of being
built, with the rest expected to be completed over the next few
months.
Transit New Zealand project manager Gavin Gregg said the pillars
in the middle of the riverbed were being built first, so that
construction work did not interfere with the fish spawning season
starting in May.
He said each pillar was being built on foundations which were sunk
18m into the ground.
The pillars would be topped with a T-shaped concrete cap, on top
of which concrete beams would be laid to ...