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The Mokau River Bridge
The Mokau River Bridge is located in a beautiful and remote rural coastal
area on SH3, 70km north of New Plymouth. The two-lane 230 m long, curved
bridge, completed in December 2001.
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It replaced a 70-year-old single-lane,
steel girder structure, and is made up of nine 26 m long pre-cast,
pre-stressed concrete girder spans, supported by single column piers on
piled foundations.
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Precast concrete was used to maximise durability within the marine
environment, and each girder was detailed for optimum precasting, despite
the fact that none were the same due to the varying deck geometry.
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