Our bridges are our pride, we love them

When a storm destroyed a vital bridge, specialist thinking delivered a smarter solution that saved Wellington ratepayers more than $227,000 while reducing environmental impacts.

In October 2024 we completed the longest and most complex single-span bridge we have ever built, in the most difficult terrain we have ever faced. We set about designing an innovative, lightweight solution that would overcome all obstacles and allow both stock and farm machinery to get across the 50m ravine (rated to 0.35HN).

The grass can be greener on the other side but sometimes it takes a bridge to get there.

A small timber bridge on a Horohoro dairy farm was swept away by flood waters in 2018, preventing its Māori landowners from accessing six hectares of valuable land southwest of Rotorua.

When a farm bridge is in a less than ideal location, it creates all sorts of headaches.

Communities often form strong attachments to local landmarks and that was certainly the case in Matua, Tauranga. Residents loved the stone arched footbridge that had sat on their foreshore for decades. But time and coastal erosion was taking its toll.

Improving pedestrian access has been a long-held dream of the Kaiwaka community. SH1 cuts the historic Northland settlement in half, with thousands of cars and heavy haulage trucks making the road difficult and dangerous to cross in the centre of town.

Cooks Beach, on the Coromandel Peninsula, is a thriving community that is growing bigger every day as people build new homes, most of them at Longreach.

The Bridge It NZ team recently showcased their strong problem-solving skills and collaborative approach with two new low-level submersible bridge builds for Aratu Forests Limited, at their Kopua Forest in Maraetaha, Gisborne.

A bridge designed to carry heavy forestry loads is a substantial capital investment – but what if you could relocate that bridge and use it across multiple harvests?

When two ageing road bridges at Waihi Beach required upgrading to improve access for cyclists and pedestrians, Bridge It NZ was engaged by the Western Bay of Plenty District Council to tackle the challenge.

Last week, our team finished installing a 15m, 0.85HN steel beam/concrete deck bridge, which provided much needed safe access to three homes in the stunning area of Pakiri

Another Council cost saving solution

Another pedestrian bridge ready for the site team to install for Tauranga City Council.

Our team recently did some remedial work on a farm bridge in Paengaroa.

Time sensitive harvest operations and restricted road access were key factors in the decision of Aratu Forests to engage Bridge It NZ to deliver a customised bridging solution for their Gisborne site.

The Bridge It NZ team hard out constructing new bridge abutments onsite, prior to the bridge being lifted into place.

A collaboration between Bridge It and Hamilton City Council has delivered great results for residents who enjoy two of the city’s parks.

Our steel beam, concrete deck bridge is ideal for this remote location and was fabricated from 3 sections of steel beams that were bolted together on-site, allowing ease of transportation and unloading.

Our client required access for a maturing forestry block near Gisborne.

CFT is the ideal solution for this project, being high strength, lightweight and long lasting, with an expected design life of 100 years!

The Bridge It NZ team are currently demolishing 56 meters of existing elevated walkway at Billy Point Wharf, Pauanui.

Hikurangi Forest Farms, now Aratu Forests Ltd, needed an answer to a tricky bridge project and Bridge It NZ, working in close collaboration with them, provided the ideal solution.

A new 22m Steel Beam, Concrete Deck farm bridge has been installed just out of Otorohanga (Hangatiki).

Finishing off a cycleway bridge in Papamoa.

A small foot bridge with a composite fibre deck, currently being installed on SH30

This Hawera farm needed a replacement for their existing steel beam (railway irons), and timber deck bridge that provides farm access over the Mangatoki Stream.

For Bridge It NZ, a key part of working with our clients is to ensure that our recommended bridge solution meets their needs.

The brief to Bridge It NZ was to design and construct a bridge connecting two amalgamated golf courses - the Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Clubs.

Our steel beam concrete deck bridge is a popular bridge among farmers as it is ideal for sites that cannot be reached easily like rural properties, subdivisions and the forestry sector.

This 14m x 4m all concrete bridge was designed and installed for Steffert Farms near Waharoa, Waikato.

The bridge consists of 2 x 14.2m concrete TT beams @ 18.34T plus 2 headwalls. The Double T beams are a superior design and looks smart.

Our main priority was to provide to ensure we offered the best solution for the Crispin family and ensure they no longer worried about how or if they were going to get home.

We are delighted to be recognised for our two pedestrian bridges that form part of New Zealand's largest urban wetland redevelopment, the Kopurererua Valley.

Western Bay of Plenty District Council required a replacement bridge to provide residential access over the railway line at Jess Road, Whakamārama.

South of Benneydale in the Boston Forest, Bridge It NZ were tasked with the replacement of an existing timber bridge not capable of taking heavy loads.

Bridge It NZ recently completed the construction of two bridges for a site near Rosalie Bay Road, Great Barrier Island.

Built for farmers Mark and Jane Johnson, the 34m long steel and concrete farm bridge is the biggest clear-span bridge to date for Bridge It.

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