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Kōrero: Bridges and tunnels

Hutt estuary bridge

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Hutt estuary bridge

This impressive beam bridge, which crosses the Hutt River just before it enters Wellington Harbour, was New Zealand’s first pre-stressed concrete bridge. It used pre-cast concrete beams, each 32 metres long and weighing 40 tonnes. The bridge opened in 1954.

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by Andy Palmer

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Jock Phillips, Bridges and tunnels – Types of bridges, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23640/hutt-estuary-bridge (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 10 March 2010, updated 1 August 2024.