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More on the Collapsing Hopuruahine Bridge

Posted on 10 October, 2015 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Today this video became very noticed in New Zealand media. It shows the moment in early September 2015 when the Hopuruahine Bridge collapsed along the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk, with four people on it. I wrote about this earlier and … Continue reading →

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Collapsing Bridges

Posted on 4 September, 2015 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Today’s news about one of the two main support cables of the Hopuruahine Bridge (on a map) giving way, along the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk (radio NZ, Stuff, NZ Herald) should be seen as very concerning. The consequence was that … Continue reading →

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