Subscribe to RSSPunganui Stream Bridge Lane Opened
NZTA has opened the second lane temporarily on the new Punganui Stream Bridge on SH16 north of Helensville to help traffic over the Christmas/New Year holiday break.
NZTA’s State Highways Manager for Auckland and Northland, Tommy Parker said that although work on the bridge is not finished, it means NZTA can encourage drivers travelling between Auckland and Northland to consider using SH16, which links west and north Auckland with the town of Wellsford, and avoid congestion elsewhere.
The NZTA opened the first stage of the new Punganui Stream Bridge last July, and it has been operating as a single-lane crossing controlled by traffic signals. The signals have stopped operating and traffic can start using the partially completed second lane. A 50k speed restriction will operate in both directions.
The second lane will close again in mid-January so that contractors can finish sealing the new lane, and other work on the project can also be completed.
The $7.2m structure replaces a 75-year-old single lane bridge that could no longer adequately handle growing traffic volumes on this section of SH16. Besides two lanes of traffic, the new bridge provides improved access for walkers and cyclists, and its approaches have been upgraded to give drivers clearer and safer vision ahead.
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Just one point - the old bridge was two lanes.