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Old Mangere Bridge
Sep 06 / 2021
Wonderful to see the construction of the bridge is well under way. After the Raglan Bridge we designed with Aurecon, this collaboration included Isthmus, Sunnah Thompson and Mathew van Sturmer. The first of the two large piers which will hold up the central deck and arch section is now complete. The bridge springs over the Manukau and offers expanded bays for fishing. The NZTA website explains that the new bridge has been designed to reflect a waka travelling south in acknowledgement of the passage along the Otahuhu portage. As of the hull of a waka, a pattern will feature on the side of the bridge. A Puhoro design was chosen to symbolise the movement through water. Four of out the 272 of these panels have been installed.
News
Old Mangere Bridge
Sep 06 / 2021
Wonderful to see the construction of the bridge is well under way. After the Raglan Bridge we designed with Aurecon, this collaboration included Isthmus, Sunnah Thompson and Mathew van Sturmer. The first of the two large piers which will hold up the central deck and arch section is now complete. The bridge springs over the Manukau and offers expanded bays for fishing. The NZTA website explains that the new bridge has been designed to reflect a waka travelling south in acknowledgement of the passage along the Otahuhu portage. As of the hull of a waka, a pattern will feature on the side of the bridge. A Puhoro design was chosen to symbolise the movement through water. Four of out the 272 of these panels have been installed.
