Wainihinihi Bridge work over night Thursday
TRAFFIC BULLETIN
1 May 2017 | SOUTHERN REGION
Wainihinihi Bridge work over night
Thursday, 4 May – Friday, 5 May
Additional work on State Highway 73’s Big Wainihinihi Bridge is scheduled for Thursday night this week. The bridge is between Jacksons and Kumara.
The bridge will be closed for 50 minute intervals between 10pm and 5am, Thursday night into Friday morning, and open to traffic at the top of the hour for ten minutes.
Earlier bridge deck work took place in March and April - replacing, tightening, resurfacing and sealing as well as repairing a concrete pier.
Alternative route
The alternative route to Greymouth
and Stillwater is via Lake Brunner Road: the turnoff will be
well marked at Jacksons with a traffic operator on a road
block and the road closures advertised at Kumara Junction
with electronic signs and a traffic operator at the road
block.
ends