At the entry to the Franz Josef glacier park is this bridge and river named the Waiho Bailey Bridge which was first built in 1990. It has been raised and extended 3 times so far due to the increase in sediment of the river bed. This river quite often has a high flood risk and the bridge has been rebuilt a few times over the years. On the way we were here it was a peaceful Autumn sunny day.
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8 comments:
Nature keeps everyone on their toes!
Do you have problems with the glacier melting?
I am in Christchurch. The heavy rain since my arrival is flooding the city river banks
Rebuilding a bridge by misjudgment doesn't happen very often anyway but we'll just chalk it up to climate change.
...the river looks like it can change quickly.
A strange sight!
Love your new header. That bridge is probably a vital link but leads a precarious existence. There was a genuine old wartime bailey bridge somewhere on The Coast in my youth (1960s i guess)
So many places I would like to go to around the world
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