This bridge was built in 1937 over the Tangahoe River on the Tāngahoe Valley Road and replaced an earlier bridge which was destroyed in a flood.
Geoffrey Thornton's book, Bridging the Gap provides more detail on its design; "It has an arch span of 24.2 metres. This is an interesting bridge, the deck passing through the arch about mid-point, with the legs of the arch anchored into the abutments in a visually impressive manner. This is known as a half-through arch. The bridge was designed for the Hawera County Council by the PWD [Public Works Department] to give a 2.4m clearance above the highest recorded flood level." (Thornton, Geoffrey, Bridging the Gap, 2001, p283.)
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