Mohaka Viaduct

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Mohaka Viaduct

The Mohaka Viaduct is the tallest railway bridge in New Zealand .

The 1936 completed and a year later inaugurated steel truss bridge located over the railway line Palmerston North - Gisborne on the North Island of New Zealand between the stations Putorino and Raupunga . The route crosses the Mohaka River with the bridge . It has a height of 95 meters and is 276.8 meters long. Its original appearance is impaired by a windbreak cladding that was retrofitted parallel to the roadway.

literature

  • Gisborne to Napier - I. [Photo report]. In: New Zealand Railfan, December 2011, pp. 30ff. (33).

Web links

  • Warren Green: Spinning Wheels: The First Public Passenger Train Over the New Napier-Wairoa Section . In: New Zealand Government Railways Department (Ed.): The New Zealand Railways Magazine . Volume 13, Issue 1. Wellington April 1, 1938 (English, online historical photo from 1938).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mohaka Viaduct. IPENZ Engineers New Zealand, accessed on January 15, 2015 (English).
  2. ↑ Mohaka Viaduct. Heritage New Zealand, accessed January 15, 2015 .

Coordinates: 39 ° 4 ′ 7.2 ″  S , 177 ° 7 ′ 32.2 ″  E