As a city built around the environs of the Avon River and Heathcote River, bridges are a common feature in Christchurch. As the city developed and the use of motor vehicles increased, many of the city...
Members of the Women's Royal Army Corps participating in a boot camp at Staveley. Frames two and three are of, from left, Lorraine Hickford, Sue Snook and Adrienne Edwards on the suspension bridge.
A line of Springbok rugby tour protesters sat across Ferrymead Bridge. Facing them are a line of police with batons.
Linda Lima, Juliette Paterson and Gareth Ayling in bear costumes on the banks of the Avon River.
Terry Creach, aged 11, canoeing in a branch of the Waimakariri River near the new suspension bridge at the Groynes in Northwood.
The head ranger at the Groynes, Lex Stock, on the new suspension bridge.
Children on a swing bridge at the Wainui YMCA camp.
The remains of a disused Lees Valley bridge over the Ashley River after it was blown up with gelignite and electric detonators. It was suspected that local ancharists caused the blast as anarchist...
Postcard of the Bridge of Remembrance. Coloured postcard from photograph album.
Bridge approach slumping at Helmores Lane.
Construction workers and machinery, working to lower a section of the Colombo Street overhead bridge into place, looking north towards the central city. The new bridge will form part of Moorhouse...
View of the Colombo Street overhead bridge lit up at night, looking east along Moorhouse Avenue towards the intersection with Colombo Street which passes under the bridge in Sydenham.
View of the Colombo Street overhead bridge, looking east along Moorhouse Avenue towards the intersection with Colombo Street which passes under the bridge in Sydenham.
View of a contractors truck on the Colombo Street overhead bridge, one of the first vehicles to use the bridge. Below are vehicles passing under the bridge along Colombo Street, heading south over the...
View during the construction of the Colombo Street overhead bridge looking east along Moorhouse Avenue. To the right is the Railway Station building and railway lines, with the Christchurch Gasworks...
View during the construction of the Colombo Street overhead bridge looking west along Moorhouse Avenue.
View along Colombo Street, looking south over the Colombo Street railway bridge, taken from the Colombo Street overhead bridge during its construction.
View during the construction of the Colombo Street overhead bridge by Wilkins & Davies Construction, looking west along Moorhouse Avenue.
View during the construction of the Colombo Street overhead bridge looking east along Moorhouse Avenue at the intersection with Colombo Street. To the right is the Railway Station building with the...
View along Moorhouse Avenue looking East over Colombo Street passing under the Colombo Street overhead bridge in Sydenham.
Temporary piles and a ramp being erected for the boxing and pile driving crane at the new Ferrymead Bridge on Ferry Road.
View of the new Ferrymead Bridge during construction next to the old Ferrymead Bridge along Ferry Road looking towards a Mobil service station.
Heavy vehicle detour signs on Madras Street bridge in front of the Oxford Terrace Baptist church.
The old railway and road bridges across the Waimakariri River.