Challies Island Bridge

Client: Fulton Hogan

Taylors constructed a moveable bridge across the Waimea River in Tasman to minimise the environmental impact of the new Challies Island quarry.

Fulton Hogan has a consent to extract the gravel from the Challies Island site and remediate the extraction sites into wetlands. Fulton Hogan has contracted Taylors Contracting to complete the gravel extractions.

Key Achievements

The 30m bridge allows 80-tonne (laden) rigid dump trucks to cross the river from the 22ha Challies Island site on the west bank, to the Appleby processing plant one kilometre downstream.

It can be removed in 48 hours if a major flood is predicted, and ensures no vehicle comes into contact with the water, eliminating sediment discharge and allowing continuous unimpeded fish passage.

The Challies Island 30m bridge allows 80-tonne (laden) rigid dump trucks to cross the river from the 22-hectare Challies Island site on the west bank.