A new 100-metre bridge at Cambridge Rd between Bethlehem and Tauriko will open to traffic in April, NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi says.
The bridge is part of the $655 million Takitimu North Link project to connect Tauranga and Te Puna with a new four-lane expressway.
The Bay of Plenty Times last month reported Stage One of the project was now not due to open until 2027 at the earliest as the Government faced a potential $24 billion fiscal hole relating to transport projects due to increased costs.
The agency’s regional manager of infrastructure delivery, Jo Wilton, said the completion of the Cambridge Rd bridge had been one of their more complex jobs which now enabled the expressway to be built underneath it.