This project will see the creation of an entirely new section of SH3 north of Normanby. The new road will be built on the western side of the existing SH3. Construction for the project has now started. In the coming months people will see the removal of the overbridge, realignment of the road and, once complete, will experience a shorter safer route with fewer curves and a highway that can support open road speeds. The SH3 Normanby Realignment project aims to improve capacity and safety on this critically important route for the Taranaki region.
The SH3 Normanby Bridge Realignment project aims to improve capacity and safety on this critically important route for the Taranaki region. This project was identified as a priority in the Regional Land Transport Programme for Taranaki. On 29 June the government announced funding to accelerate five critically important regional state highway projects, drawing on the Future Investment Fund.
One the five projects identified included the Normanby Overbridge Realignment. They are found in New Zealand rivers and lakes and they grow from one millimetre to two metres, living for about 60 years. The long finned eel breeds only once and swims km to do so near Tonga. The tiny larvae float back on currents and enter rivers again in July and November each year.
Eel stocks in the river today are a fraction of what they were when Europeans arrived in the s. From then through to April tuna would be caught in large numbers. Once caught, tuna were kept fresh in a corfu storage pot , shown at right, which was placed at the edge of the river. The catch was later cooked for immediate eating, or boned, dried and stored. There was a large trade in pawhera tuna preserved eel.
The new handrails feature the lyrics of two songs celebrating the waterway which is such a feature of our city, one on the north rail and the other on the south. Composed by Brian Flintoff, the songs celebrate the Maitai River and the eels tuna living in it.
Brian says there is no melody, the words can be sung or spoken to the tune of the river, whether in gentle babble, serene silence or angry flood. The brushed stainless steel rails were designed by Brian and fellow artist Grant Palliser , the metal supplied and folded by Steel and Tube, engraved by Wai-iti Engineering and installed by Winson Sheetmetal.
The eel theme is repeated on the bridge abutments with the fish recreated in the concrete. From numerous pieces of Tuna, Grew rata vines, eel species too. To various islands and sea coasts, Swiftly, they swam far away. Pacific waters they spawn in, Huge swarms of elvers return, Here, they grow big, fat and juicy, In river, and eel ponds nearby. Tonight, come sleep in my eel trap, Ever, my most treasured food. As raindrops, old quarries I splashed. As dew, I moistened the kowhai.
As mist, hid the adze making sites. In gloom I passed eels in their burrows. By dawn I heard birds all around. In sunlight I flow faster onward, To join with the sea once again. This material was written by Janet Bathgate for a heritage panel placed at Aratuna Bridge, updated Want to find out more about the Aratuna Normanby Bridge?
In the late s the track to the Gympie goldfields passed through Kelvin Grove and Enoggera, providing the beginnings of Kelvin Grove and Enoggera Roads. The rapid development in motor vehicle technology and production processes during the s resulted in more efficient, reliable and cheaper vehicles. From less than 2, vehicles in , the number of vehicles on Queensland roads increased to 8, by and 91, by The dramatic rise prompted the construction of better roads and regulation of motor vehicle movement.
In Brisbane from the s the impact of the motor vehicle was increasingly evident — new roads were developed and existing ones improved, new bridges were constructed and new services established, all contributing to dramatic changes in patterns of movement and social behaviour which altered patterns of social interaction within the City. Improvement in roads was matched by an upgrading of bridges and river crossings. The numerous creek and river crossings in the Brisbane metropolitan area necessitated the erection of a number of bridges.
Where once simple timber bridges or ferries were sufficient for carriages or wagons, the greater volume and weight of motor vehicles demanded stronger and more substantial bridges. The earlier of the two existing structures was built for a specific purpose local authority, the Normanby Bridge Board. The Board was typical of the ad hoc boards that were formed prior to the formation of greater Brisbane.
These were typically formed to commission specific projects that affected the interests of the whole city or several shires. Jack, Chief Inspector of L. Local Authority Loan Works. This was at least the third bridge at the site, all probably named Normanby, after George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Marquess of Normanby and Governor of Queensland from The first bridge may have been built c.
It was rebuilt at the turn of the 20th Century, almost certainly in timber, for horse-drawn vehicles. The Hon. Theodore, Treasurer and Minister for Works, officially opened the bridge on 30th July The Normanby Bridge stands today but has lost the balustrading to the west in the widening of Kelvin Grove Road. It carries three vehicular lanes and a footway on the downstream side. A new bridge carrying the outbound lanes has been constructed adjacent to the Normanby Bridge on the upstream side.
This report assesses the remaining structure of the bridge and does not assess the adjacent newer structure. The deck of the Normanby Bridge is approximately 50m long and 17m wide.
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