The New Zealand Transport Agency is investigating what it can do to improve the safety of a Central Hawke's Bay one-way bridge, where driver Quentin Robert te Rure died last week.
Tributes are flowing for te Rure online, with a woman close to him saying she has been "broken" by his death.
"I will always listen for your car coming down the road 20 times a day so that we could have our words and then 'Bye Nan, be back soon' but we loved each other so much we had our bond and it was unbreakable.
"I love you now and forever and will always listen for your car to come to give me cheek. I am broken. RIP."
Former Central Hawke's Bay Mayor Peter Butler said last week the Tikokino bridge was notorious for crashes and traffic had significantly increased on the road due to continual roadworks on State Highway 2.