Historic Kurow Bridges (North Otago) Traditional Cache
Historic Kurow Bridges (North Otago)
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The Kurow-Hakataramea Bridge No. 1 was a historically significant bridge, as the last surviving example of the long multi-truss road and road/rail bridges that once existed on the east coast of the South Island and crossed the wide braided rivers that are typical of that area. It was also one of the last of a group of long multi-truss timber bridges around the country. These bridges were once a distinctive feature of the New Zealand landscape, but now even single truss bridges are becoming a rarity. The surviving bridges are at least 80 years old now, and timber bridges require increasing amounts of maintenance once they reach this age. Unfortunately this maintenance and repair is rarely economically viable, and the choice has usually been made to replace the timber bridges with concrete and steel structures.
Two spans of the No 1 Bridge, spans 26 and 27 have been set up as a display on Kurow Island of the or pioneer bridge builders craft of building substantial and long lasting wooden multi truss bridges. The cache, a 200ml sistema is to be found on this structure. Bring your own pen.
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