Opening of the Waimakariri River Bridge, Bealey. 16/9/1936 PHOTO ALBUM

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DescriptionOpening of the Waimakariri River Bridge, Bealey.
16/9/1936.Map^[1]ContributorChris Burles

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Location (city or town)BealeyLandmark (Place)Glacier Bealey HotelBealey bridgeHoneymoon bridgeEventOpening of the Waimakariri River Bridge, Bealey

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Date Created4th November 2020CommentsJason Hazard
Doesn’t look to different today.
Can anyone confirm if the current Bealey Bridge is this one? Would be an impressive testament to the engineering and foresight if it were.

Dave Lyes
Jason Hazard piles have sunk, it's like surfing a wave.

Victor Smithers
Dave Lyes nope piles have not sunk ... the concrete deck has sagged be tween piles ... they didn't have prestressed concrete beems under in those days

LaToya Jeffcoat
Kori Jeffcoat this is soo cool!! Love this old stuff!

Arlene Hutcheon
I remember going over that bridge many times 1960s, 1970s with my parents. We were travelling from Chch to Hokitika, Candy's Bend just up the road a wee way

Dave Lyes
Arlene Hutcheon 20 minutes or so without stops

Dave Lyes
Orgasim bridge (so someone told me)

Paulina Tulloch
Honeymooners Bridge. That’s what we called it.
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Andrew Christine Weaver
Paulina Tulloch still is

Paulina Tulloch
Andrew Christine Weaver yea that was Jock so it must have been called it for years as he was born in 1923

Lorraine O'Donoghue
My kids called it the sea sick bridge.

Helen Pattinson
Demelza Pattinson

John Kennedy
It's so old. Good piece of engineering.

Graham Parkin
Jack Theman was you there?

Melanie Galbraith
21 bump bridge

Raewyn Stephens
honeymoon bridge lol

Maree Lawlor
That's the one that collapsed?

Pat Dooley
Maree Lawlor Yes. One span on the Canterbury end fell

Maree Lawlor
Pat Dooley If I remember correctly it happened at night and a vehicle just managed to stop in time

Brian Steele
It's time that bridge was replaced. In today's world theres no place for one place bridge's. That ones out of date

Maree Lawlor
Brian Steele there are a lot of one lane bridges in NZ

Brian Steele
Maree Lawlor true but that ones on a state highway and carrys big vechiles

Lynette Duncan
Honeymoon Bridge as I know it

Tanz Bryce
Honeymoon bridge

Peter Leversedge
Lot of Detroit iron, only cars that would stand up to the roads of the time

Lee Henderson
Hasnt that bridge stood the test of time

Peter Lambert
Drive it fast Lee. . . Known as lovers bridge. . . Some years back it was at risk as result of flooding. . .

Lee Henderson
Peter Lambert explains the bounciness like a utilised matress lol

Kyle Webster
I saw original photos of first cars across the Ahaura bridge in 1930-something

Alister Creamer
Great photo. A huge improvement on having to ford the river

Dave Grice
This bridge is now a disgrace on our national highways it needs to be replaced but oh sorry I forgot it wasn’t an election promise

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Opening of the Waimakariri River Bridge, Bealey. 16/9/1936 *PHOTO ALBUM*

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Opening of the Waimakariri River Bridge, Bealey. 16/9/1936 PHOTO ALBUM