Cambridge Road, Bethlehem/Tauriko
Construction work at Cambridge Road, between Bethlehem and Tauriko is now complete as part of the Takitimu North Link project.
This area of the project has involved a combination of skills and disciplines to finish this complex work, including relocation of services, drainage, construction of the new 100m Cambridge Road bridge and associated tie in works, construction of the new road level and roundabout at St Andrews Drive, and the relocation of Harrison and Cambridge roads.
These works make way for the expressway to be built underneath the new bridge, as well as resulting in a safer road layout in this busy area of Tauranga.
We’re grateful to our neighbours and the surrounding community in the Bethlehem/Tauriko area, for their support and patience as we’ve moved through the different phases of this part of the worksite. We also acknowledge the mahi of local hapū, who have carried out kaitiaki (cultural monitoring) responsibilities throughout, and played an important role.
Cambridge Road overbridge - fast facts
- Top-down construction
- 100m bridge one lane each way, and a shared path
- 24 piles, with the deepest 41 metres
- 400,000m3 earthworks
- Completed 2023, tie in works completed April 2024
Artist impressions of the completed Cambridge Road Overbridge
Artist concept of the overbridge at a closer range.
Progress pictures
Cambridge Road overbridge - September 2024.
Cambridge Road overbridge - September 2024.
Cambridge Road overbridge - September 2024.
Cambridge Road overbridge - September 2024.
Cambridge Road East - September 2024.
Cambridge Road overbridge and Harrison Road - September 2024.
Cambridge Road East intersection - April 2024.
The bridge at Cambridge Road was opened April 2024, work to complete local roads continues at the intersection of Moffat and Cambridge Road East.
Cambridge Road East - March 2024.
Cambridge Road Overbridge - March 2024.
Tie in works in progress at Cambridge Road Overbridge, looking towards Tauriko, with crews working at both ends of Cambridge and Moffat roads – picture taken February 2024.
Cambridge Road Overbridge looking towards Bethlehem with Mauao in the distance - November 2023.
Cambridge Road Overbridge looking west over Wairoa Valley and Awa - August 2023.
Overbridge in progress with beams, temporary Harrison Road and topsoil being kept for the project at the east side of Cambridge Road, picture taken March 2023.
Over four days in March 2023, 21 beams were placed for the Cambridge Road Overbridge, this involved some very impressive reversing by members of our crew! The alignment for the new four-lane road will pass underneath the beams seen in the photograph, which show the level of the new Cambridge Road alignment (approximately 5 metres lower than existing road), and the new expressway will then run a further 18 metres underneath, demonstrating the significant programme of earthworks at this section of the project.
Looking towards Cambridge Road from Wairoa Valley east, picture taken June 2022.
Above Cambridge / Moffat / Harrison roads, picture taken March 2022.
