1902:"Main Highway From Auckland To Taranaki Now Completed: The Mokau River Bridge Open For Traffic Photographs Taken On Friday Last. Left: A View From The Bridge Showing Cars Waiting For The Lift-span In The Middle Of The Structure To Be Lowered. Right: A General View Of The New Bridge, Which Eliminates The Ancient Ferry-punt So Well Known To Travellers On Thete Kuiti-new Plymouth Section Of The Route. The Opening Of The Bridge Will Expedite Overland Travel And Incidentally Enable The New ' ' Zealand Herald To Reach New Plymouth Earlier Every Day"
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Plymouth to Te Kūiti in 17½ hours. The first car to traverse the route from Auckland to New Plymouth seems to have been an 8 hp
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replace the gorge. In March 2018, the NZTA announced a bypass would be built to the north of the gorge, but south of the Saddle Road. Known as Te Ahu a
Turanga/Manawatū Tararua Highway, construction of the $ 620 million road began in January 2021 and is expected be completed in late 2024.
399:. The cost was £35,000 (2016 equivalent $ 3.3m). It had a lifting span allowing passage of vessels up to 50 ft (15 m) wide and with a 60 ft (18 m) clearance at high tide. In 2001 the 1927 bridge was replaced by the current 9-span, 230 m (250 yd), double lane,
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Manawatū Gorge route, but almost immediately thereafter enters Woodville and terminates at a junction with
376:(2016 equivalent $ 5.8m). Most of the route was gazetted as a government main highway in 1924, some sections were tar-sealed in 1925 and more work had been done on the road by 1936, leaving only a few mud sections. In 1937 the 6 mi (9.7 km) between
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bridge for $ 6.2m (2016 equivalent $ 8.5m). The new bridge doesn't allow for shipping, as the first ship to pass under the old lifting span was withdrawn three months after the bridge opened.
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Whanganui.
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The 12 ft (3.7 m) wide, single-lane, 11-span, 670 ft (200 m), steel, Mokau Bridge opened in
October 1927 (official opening 17 December), replacing a
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1980:Duckett, Graeme (9 November 2013).
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1771:. 19 October 1936. p. 10
1566:"Mt Messenger Tunnel – SHW 3"
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1956:"Mokau Bridge – Smithbridge"
1910:. 17 October 1927. p. 6
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1545:. 18 January 1910. p. 4
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549:Construction of a bypass of
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1684:. 31 March 1923. p. 10
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1491:. 11 April 1902. p. 1
1431:List of roads and highways
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1743:. 7 May 1925. p. 8
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891:(Waitomo Caves Road) –
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513:, where it crosses the
330:national state highways
145:north (High Street) at
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2198:The New Zealand Herald
2171:The New Zealand Herald
2062:"Bypass ready to roll"
1907:The New Zealand Herald
1879:The New Zealand Herald
1848:The New Zealand Herald
1768:The New Zealand Herald
1740:The New Zealand Herald
1681:The New Zealand Herald
1516:The New Zealand Herald
1485:"Overland to Auckland"
1462:The New Zealand Herald
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1930:"Mokau Bridge Opened"
1265:Palmerston North City
1230:Palmerston North City
958:New Plymouth District
855:(Te Kanawa Street) –
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2645:SH 67 (incl. SH 67A)
2482:SH 30 (incl. SH 30A)
2477:SH 29 (incl. SH 29A)
2457:SH 25 (incl. SH 25A)
1874:"Mokau River Bridge"
1843:"Mokau River Bridge"
1821:atojs.natlib.govt.nz
1676:"Link With Taranaxi"
1539:"King Country Roads"
987:New Plymouth Central
517:and intersects with
2937:Inland Scenic Route
2094:Taranaki Daily News
2067:Taranaki Daily News
1960:www.smithbridge.net
1629:Taranaki Daily News
1155:Rangitikei District
930:Eight Mile Junction
825:Ōtorohanga District
564:Future improvements
102:Major intersections
63:NZ Transport Agency
27:Road in New Zealand
2365:SH 7 (incl. SH 7A)
2360:SH 6 (incl. SH 6A)
2345:SH 3 (incl. SH 3A)
2234:. 26 February 2021
1797:. 27 February 1937
1735:"Road To Taranaki"
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