The center of the river has slumped and the two banks have moved about a meter closer together which caused this footbridge to be so twisted. There is a suggestion that this be left as a memorial to the earthquake.
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Prior to the earthquakes the stone wall at right was near road level. Now it is about 1.5m (4-5ft) lower.
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Eighty years and then the damage was done. Result of the earthquake on 22/02/11.
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After the earthquake.
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At the end of the street where my daughter and family live.
Scaffolding surrounds the Bridge of Remembrance on Cashel Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Avon River near the Anzac Drive bridge".
A photograph of the Medway Street bridge.
A photograph of the Medway Street bridge.
A photograph of the Avon River near Victoria Square, looking towards the Hamish Hay Bridge.
People examine large cracks running through the surface of Bridge Street on the approach to the bridge.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Anzac Drive Bridge".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gayhurst Road Bridge".
A stone clock tower on the cliffs near Ferrymead.
A photograph looking west down Armagh Street from the bridge near Oxford Terrace.
A photograph of the repaired Kaiapoi River footbridge, also known as Mandeville Bridge. This photograph was modelled off an image taken by a staff member from the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury in September 2010.
The bridge on River Road just before the Banks Ave turn off. Looking down at the Avon River side of the Shirley Stream bridge showing how much the ground has slumped by - notice the unpainted concrete now exposed.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Medway St footbridge (aka wobbly bridge)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Medway St footbridge (aka wobbly bridge)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Medway St footbridge (aka wobbly bridge)".
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged bridge over the Kaiapoi River.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged bridge over the Kaiapoi River.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged bridge over the Kaiapoi River.
An aerial photograph of the Christchurch Northern Motorway bridge crossing the Waimakariri River.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Medway St footbridge (aka wobbly bridge)".
A photograph of the damaged underside of a bridge of a motorway in Christchurch.
