This huge bridge span --46 metres long and weighing 160 tonnes- has been hoisted by three cranes into position over the North Auckland/Western line.
It’s essentially the foundation for the new overbridge above railway lines at Porters Ave, Mt Eden.
It will give pedestrians safe access seven metres above the railway lines, near the Link Alliance Mt Eden construction site.
It’s one of the project’s heaviest single lifts so far.
Earlier, it had taken six hours on an 83-metre long truck to transport its titanic load from Ōtara in south Auckland to Mt Eden.
Railings, stairs, lifts and push or rundle ramps will be installed on the span later this year to give walkers, cyclists and those with prams, mobility scooters and wheelchairs easy and safe access over the rail corridor.
The bridge will also carry public utility services that need to cross the rail line. The Porters Avenue overbridge is planned to open in late 2022.
