NZTA coastal Otago maintenance contract manager Nick Rodger uses a new drone-mounted zoom camera to assess the Beaumont Bridge substructure last week. PHOTO: RICHARD DAVISONA brief closure of Beaumont Bridge last week was related to future conservation work on the 135-year-old structure. NZTA senior project manager Simon Underwood said Wednesday's assessment would feed into a conservation plan for the existing bridge. Feedback strongly favoured an alignment just downstream of the current bridge, so the highway could continue to pass in front of the Beaumont Hotel. The Clutha Gold Trail would pass below the new highway, with a link across the river via the heritage bridge.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 03, 2019 17:26 UTC