Antigua St footbridge homeward bound

http://strongerchristchurch.govt.nz/article/antigua-st-footbridge-homeward-bound

The Antigua footbridge near the Antigua Boatsheds and Christchurch Hospital is coming back together again after removal of the curved steel structure last year for repair off-site.

SCIRT’s Downer team will be lifting the refurbished steel truss (the arched underside) back to the river on Wednesday night after 4.30 pm. The original lift took several hours as the bowed structure had embedded itself against the bridge’s abutments on the riverbank.

The replacing of the structure on the new abutments should be more straightforward, say the Downer site engineers.

There is still quite a lot of work to do until the bridge can be reopened in about six weeks time. A new concrete deck, surfacing and handrails have to go in place and the ends of the footbridge smoothed onto the adjoining footpaths and cycleways.

For more information and photos of the various stages, read the work notice.

http://strongerchristchurch.govt.nz/work/activity/6323

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