This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 02 September 1960 "The new 1200ft railway bridge at Longburn will be completed this weekend and will shortly be opened, replacing the old wooden bridge which is slightly...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Longburn, Manawatu
Date:          September 2, 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 August 1960 "The final pylon is well under way for the new overhead bridge at the Rangitikei Street entrance to the city. The photograph shows the pylon under constru...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Rangitikei Line, Palmerston North
Date:          August 22, 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 02 September 1960 "This group of railway employees were responsible for the laying of the decking and the track across the new railway bridge at Longburn. Their job is n...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Longburn, Manawatu
Date:          September 2, 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 1st December 1965 "Rapid progress has been made on the construction of the approach ramps in No. 1 Line to serve the new overhead bridge. Thousands of yards of metal hav...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Rangetikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          November 30, 1965

A souvenir programme for the opening ceremony of the New Longburn Railway Bridge and Deviation. Constructed between 1958 and 1960, the new steel and reinforced-concrete bridge replaced an earlier wooden rail bridge over the Manawatū which dated fr...

Creator:      New Zealand Railways

Date:          October 18, 1960