Twizel bridges (new through original arch)
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Twizel bridges (new through original arch)
Image: © John Lee Cockton Taken: Unknown
I took this photograph in 1983 shortly after the new bridge was opened to traffic. Only just got round to scanning the old transparency! The old bridge is described well in the other photograph notes. The new bridge is a portal frame in prestressed, post-tensioned concrete.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.682954
Longitude
-2.184613