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Completed highway

Eastern roundabout
Western Roundabout
Eco Viaduct bridge and Parahaki bridge
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Highway in construction

Parahaki Bridge, October 2024
EcoViaduct, October 2024
Western roundabout, October 2024
Placing asphalt in Fill 9, looking east, October 2024
Zone 4 looking towards Woodville, October 2024
Zone 3 through Meridian Wind Farm, October 2024
EcoViaduct and Parahaki Bridge, looking south, November 2024
Placing asphalt in Zone 3, October 2024
Approaching Cut 13 from the east, October 2024
The landscaping team planting native trees and shrubs in Fill 9, May 2023.
The southern abutment of Parahaki Bridge, May 2023.
Parahaki Bridge over the Manawatū River, May 2023.
Beams in place on the piers at Eco-Viaduct, May 2023.
Earthworks at Cut 16, May 2023.
Earthworks at Cut 25, May 2023.
Cut 13 looking west towards Ashhurst, April 2023.
Newly-laid beams on the Eco-Viaduct Bridge, looking west towards Parahaki Bridge, April 2023.
Bridge 5 (Te Āpiti Underpass) in the foreground, looking west, March 2023.
Fill 9 looking east towards Cut 13, March 2023.
Cut 13 looking west towards Ashhurst, March 2023.
Cut 28 looking east towards Woodville, March 2023.
Eco-Viaduct Bridge looking east towards Fill 9, March 2023.
Parahaki Bridge (Bridge 2) looking east towards Eco-Viaduct and Fill 9, March 2023.
A view of the benches at Cut 13, the largest cut on the Project at around 2 million cubic metres, March 2023.
: The benches of Cut 28, March 2023.
Mangamanaia Stream Bridge looking west towards Cut 28, March 2023.
Eco-Viaduct Bridge (Bridge 3) looking west towards Parahaki Bridge (Bridge), March 2023.
Bridge 10 (Morgan Road Underpass), March 2023.
The first beams being lifted into place on Eco-Viaduct Bridge (Bridge 3), March 2023.
The arrival of the first beams for the Eco-Viaduct Bridge, March 2023.
Mulch spraying in Zone 3, February 2023.
Pier 1 of Parahaki Bridge, February 2023.
A concrete pour in action at the southern abutment of Parahakai Bridge, February 2023.
A drilling rig performs deep soil mixing at the Mangamanaia Bridge site in Zone 4 at the Woodville end of the Project, February 2023.
A roller works on the first pavement laid on the Project on the new local road at the Ashhurst end, January 2023.
The GRS (Geosynthetic reinforced slope) Wall in Zone 2 is designed to minimise the footprint of the highway into covenanted QEII land, December 2022.
A scraper works its way up towards Cut 28 at the Woodville end of the Project, November 2022.
Drainage installation in zone 3, September 2022.
Dump trucks at Cut 13 looking west, September 2022.
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Manawatū Gorge old road

Damage to bridge that occurred in the Manawatū Gorge on 23 July 2017
Debris from slip that occurred in the Manawatū Gorge on 23 July 2017
Aerial view of slip that occurred in the Manawatū Gorge on 23 July 2017
Slip blocking the Manawatū Gorge that occurred on 23 July 2017
Kerry’s Wall slip – 25 June 2017
Kerry’s Wall slip – 25 June 2017
Kerry's Wall – 14 June 2017
Anzac slip – 14 June 2017
Anzac slip – 8 May 2017
Anzac slip sluicing – 8 May 2017
Clearing Anzac slip – 28 April 2017
Anzac slip – 25 April 2017
Anzac slip – 25 April 2017
Kerry's Wall slip – Ashhurst end
Anzac slip – Woodville end
Kerry's Wall
Damaged retaining wall on the river side of the Manawatū Gorge at Kerry's Wall
Cracks above Kerry's Wall – February 2018
Walkways around the gorge remain open.
Walkways around the gorge remain open.
The gorge holds great cultural and historical significance.
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