Awatere River
The Awatere River is a large river flowing through Marlborough, New Zealand. Flowing along the trace of the active Awatere Fault, it runs northeast through a straight valley to the west of the Inland Kaikoura mountains. This valley is parallel with that of the Clarence River, 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the south.
It flows for 110 kilometres (68 mi) from its source in the mountainous interior to reach Cook Strait close to the town of Seddon.
State Highway 1 crosses the Awatere River just north of Seddon. The original road/rail bridge was opened on 10 October 1902. Construction took three years at the cost of £22,500.[1] This remained the crossing until 2007 when most recently traffic signals were added to either direction to control vehicles on the platform, which was only wide enough for one lane of traffic. A new $15 million two-lane road bridge was constructed with the railway being the sole use of the original bridge and officially opened on 9 November 2007. The vehicle deck on the original bridge was decommissioned as it was deemed too expensive to retain its use for pedestrians and cyclists.[2]
References
- ↑ "Awatere Road Rail Bridge 1902 to 2007". Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ↑ "New Awatere Bridge opens today". 9 November 2007.
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Coordinates: 41°36′29″S 174°10′01″E / 41.608°S 174.167°E