Videos - Southwestern Motorway Bridge Span Lift

in General by Jon C — March 1, 2010 at 9:11 pm | 0 comments

Here are videos of the main span of the new and spectacular Beachcroft foot bridge over the Southwestern Motorway being lifted overnight into place.

The videos are a little dark because of the fact it was in the middle of the night and only a full moon for light unless you were on the actual motorway. But I have decided to load them because the operation, which went so smoothly, was so amazing and has caused so much interest here on the site today with calls for more . (Earlier PHOTOS are here)

First up: the crane and trucks and workmen arrive and the motorway barriers get taken away:

The bridge span gets prepared:

And in the middle of the night, looking like some close encounter with a giant blue UFO descending over Onehunga, the lift takes place.

It was all over in a matter of a minute or so after all the preceding hours of preparation at the scene. The chatter in the video is from excited locals who had gathered to watch!