Beam ’em up: bridges take shape on Kāpiti Coast’s newest expressway

PHOTO: MARK COOTE – “Their weight equals that of almost 600 double-decker buses, about 7500 tonnes in total.”

The largest bridge of Kāpiti’s newest expressway has had its first massive beams craned into place.

Spanning the Ōtaki River, the 330-metre bridge is the largest of nine that make up the $330 million Peka Peka to Ōtaki expressway, north off Wellington, expected to open in 2020.

A total of 110 beams, measuring 32.5 metres long and weighing 65 tonnes would be craned onto its columns, project engineer Harry Singh said.

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