New Zealand replaced this 1904 bridge with a modern crossing after 112 years; locals saved the historic structure, now the country’s only surviving steel cantilever road bridge | World News
A 1904 bridge in New Zealand has outlived the road traffic it was built to carry. The Mangaweka Cantilever Bridge spans the Rangitīkei River in the central North Island, where its steel trusses have stood for more than a century. Heritage New Zealand reported that when a routine inspection in 2016 found serious structural deterioration,…