It's been a bit of a wait, but - fingers crossed ! - soon we will be able to stand on the Bridge of Remembrance again. Of course, the surrounds don't quite look like the photo above anymore. The repairs, opens a new window, painstakingly carried out by SCIRT, to the Bridge and Arch were completed in September 2015, but access wasn't restored as landscaping work as part of the Te Papa Ōtākāro/ Avon River Precinct project has been carried out on the Bridge and the Park of Remembrance.
"Changes include removing the walls at the western end of the Bridge and the construction of a grand staircase, a new ramp creating a processional connection to the Nicholas Statue, and paving which links with the river promenade and in-ground lighting to highlight the Triumphal Arch," Ms Wagner, the Associate Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister, the Associate Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister said late last year.
The repair work to the Bridge included replacing the original 4 metre piles with 27 metre ones, and reinforcing the historic arch with an 8.2 tonne beam. The work means that the arch, built from rock quarried in Tasmania, will rock rather than twist in any future earthquakes.
It is expected to be open again by ANZAC Day, 25 April 2016, opens a new window.
Learn more
- So when, opens a new window was it built ?
- Who , opens a new windowwas there when it was opened ?
- Why, opens a new window does it have a cross, lions, laurel leaves, rosemary and torches carved on it ?
- See the photos of the bridge and arch, opens a new window in Canterbury Stories
- Anzac Day, opens a new window
- Armistice Day , opens a new window
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