Covered Bridges

[slofox]

I seem to remember crossing a shared bridge somewhere in the Sarf Island years ago. Shared in that both rail and road used the same (single width) deck - rail lines ran down the middle. Bit disconcerting the first time across. Guess it would make for interesting racing if so inclined...My old man recounted crossing one thousands of years ago when the train came ghosting up behind him when he was half way across...both going the same way of course. He reckoned he had never accelerated so fast ever.

[Ocean1]

My old man recounted crossing one thousands of years ago when the train came ghosting up behind him when he was half way across...both going the same way of course. He reckoned he had never accelerated so fast ever.

There use to be one down the south end of the west coast, I remember the old man getting out of the car in the pissing down rain to read the train timetable on one of the bridge supports. That posted timetable was the sum total of traffic control.

Think there's a couple of them left, still.

[merv]

Think there's a couple of them left, still.

The Taramakau bridge between Kumara and Greymouth is still there, the Arahura bridge between Kumara and Hokitika has been replaced with road now having two lanes alongside rail on the same new structure. http://www.hera.org.nz/Category?Acti...ategory_id=468

A Policewoman got her Police car T-boned by a train on the Taramakau Bridge in 2005 and doing a Google search on the internet I cannot find any images of it at a quick glance. Did the Police make sure all images were expunged from the internet then?

[Grumph]

When I was a kid with the old man out on the bike, he went off course around the Macleans Island area North of ChCh. This was well before it was developed as a rec area for the city. I remember we crossed a classic covered bridge on our travels - the old man was surprised as he didn't know it existed. I remember it as being the Kiwi version - corrugated iron...

I suspect it didn't survive the Waimak floods of the 60's. Certainly nothing there now.

[unstuck]

This is the old one over the Arahura.

[Moi]

Unstuck, you're bloody marvellous... if you let your contribution run to the end there are some suggestions for viewing....

The Awatere Bridge....

[Padmei]

I miss the Awetere Bridge. It was so cool.

[varminter]

[QUOTE=slofox;1130586940]I seem to remember crossing a shared bridge somewhere in the Sarf Island years ago. Shared in that both rail and road used the same (single width) deck - rail lines ran down the middle. Bit disconcerting the first time across.

Pekatahe Bridge, on the back road to Opotiki via Taneatua. No trains run there now but back in the day....

Whenever I go over it the rails give me a bit of pucker. Do you get led along like a tram I wonder?

[Winston001]

I seem to remember crossing a shared bridge somewhere in the Sarf Island years ago. Shared in that both rail and road used the same (single width) deck - rail lines ran down the middle.

Kurow in the Waitaki Valley until the early 80s.