
A large crack running through the surface of Bridge Street on the approach to the bridge.
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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At the end of the street where my daughter and family live.
People examine large cracks running through the surface of Bridge Street on the approach to the bridge.
The twisted and buckled bridge over the river. View looking down the bridge. Damaged from the Christchurch Earthquake Twitter | Facebook |
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.
The transport agency says its earthquake strengthening of bridges has repaid itself in Canterbury after September's quake.
A photograph of the damaged underside of a bridge of a motorway in Christchurch.
The Remembrance Day service at the Bridge of Remembrance on Cashel Street.
The Remembrance Day service at the Bridge of Remembrance on Cashel Street.
The wooden foot bridge over the Kaiapoi River. Slumping between the abutments can be seen.
The South Brighton bridge abutment (city side). Bridge looks fine, just both approaches have moved A LOT!
The city side of the South Brighton bridge. Approaches on both sides will need extensive work before this bridge can re-open. Bridge opened for traffic less than a week later, but still (23/09) has 30kmh speed restriction.
The north end of the bridge on Gayhurst Road. During the earthquake, the bridge was forced about 15 centimetres towards the river, the land falling away under the road. Fencing has been placed around the footpath, and the road filled and resealed so that it can still be used by traffic.
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.
A large crack running through the surface of Bridge Street on the approach to the bridge. In the background a man is photographing cracks in the road.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the footpath before the Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi, over the Kaiapoi River.
A photograph of the Manchester Street bridge between Oxford Terrace and Cambridge Terrace, over the Avon River.
The footpath on Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi. Since the earthquake, it has been re-instated after new pipes were laid.
The city side of the South Brighton bridge. Approaches on both sides will need extensive work before this bridge can re-open.
A photograph of road works on the Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi. The footpath has been dug up to access the pipes underneath.
The bridge on River Road just before the Banks Ave turn off. The bridge approach to the left subsided. Temporary repairs have been carried out but you can still see evidence of the amount of subsidence by the traffic island in the middle of the road.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Durham Street overbridge, towards Railway Station. Earthquake 4th of September 2010".