whakapapa river bridge 42 traverse

[spanky]

the bridge at the owhango end of the traverse is closed to all access as from today, has been open to foot and bikes/quads but now completly closed as the bridge has dropped between 3 to 5 cm at the western end from being undermined by the river.
vaughan

[suzuki_mike]

I'm looking at going up that way these school holiday and was going to do the whole thing. Oh well looks to me like I cant. Is that the bridge with the waterfall next to it? Cheers, Mike

[wopass]

good info spankt cheers

wonder how long it will take for them to repair it .......

[nzhunter]

Had a look at it today, the bridge has had it. Hopefully they will do something about it fairly quick otherwise they will have to put a whole new bridge in if it bends

[spanky]

they can replace the one span from the bank to the first support but doc will probaly do a swifty and only make it wide enough for quads.
i have mates in doc and council so will post here when i hear anything.
vaughan

[skid]

you should all know this anyway, but it shouldn't matter to you as 4wd users at the moment.

You should all be aware of the fact that the 42 is closed to 4wd activity from April 30 - December 1 each year.

So if you were thinking about going for a run through there soon. Then don't please.
There are a lot of people who put in a lot of hard work to get this area re-opened, and it would be a shame if 1 or 2 of you ruined it for the rest of us.

Cheers

SKID

[spanky]

could of had another cave creek episode at the bridge. crane is there now as bridge has dropped more since friday night, whole western end is unsupported, will get some photos tomorrow . vaughan

[spanky]

the dodgy end of the bridge has beem removed today so at least nothing is damaged on the rest of the bridge.


vaughan

[spanky]

doc have just removed the chains on the bridge and you will be able to drive in there on the 1st when it opens, will post some pics later.
vaughan