The first of eight bridges to be finished on the Cambridge section of the Waikato expressway will officially be open to traffic tomorrow.
The Peake Road over bridge is a 6.1 metre high structure which includes an extra-wide shared pathway, suitable for pedestrians, cyclists and horses to use, and provides access to the nearby Cambridge Jockey Club.
It was blessed by mana whenua on Wednesday morning and given its official name – Te Ara o Te Waharoa.
This means Cambridge’s Forrest Road will be permanently closed to traffic from Friday.
Traffic travelling down Forrest Road will now use either Racecourse Road or Hautapu Road to travel north or south over the Expressway, via the Peake Road over bridge says the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA).
According to NZTA about 1.2 million cubic metres of earthworks have been moved to date and there is about 400,000 cubic metres to go before the Cambridge portion of expressway project is complete.
Approximately 149,000 tonnes of aggregate, equivalent to 5000 truck and trailer loads and about 6500 tonnes of metal is being brought to the site each day.
