Penciled on back: “PNPL / OPK4 Construction of new Opiki bridge 1969 (Opiki in foreground)
Typed on piece of paper - Progress on the construction of the new Opiki bridge, which replaced the Opiki toll bridge. Photo 1969. Costs were shared between Horowhenua and Kairanga Counties. Palmerton North print, OPK4 Public lib.
Cost $165,000 ($200,000 including the approach roads) – mentioned page 26, in book ‘From Fibre to Food, Opiki’.”
The new bridge at Opiki under construction in 1969. This photograph is taken from the southern side of the Manawatu River.
1 B&W photo print copy
Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”
