New Zealand's Bridges: Fitzgerald Avenue Bridges across the Avon River in Christchurch

March 2011 (-43.526 Degrees, 172.651 Degrees) Fitzgerald Avenue Bridges

East of the Barbardoes Street Bridge, the Avon River forms a big ox-bow and at the other end are the two Fitzgerald Avenue Bridges. They are two span, precast voided slab bridges supported on seat-type abutments and with a pier wall in the river. Although it is not apparent in this photo, the riverbanks moved toward the river during the February earthquake, breaking some of the abutment piles.

New Zealand's Bridges: Fitzgerald Street Bridges across the Avon River in Christchurch by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.