The Western Cape town of Ashton was riveted by SA’s strangest-ever bridge event on Saturday.
A long-awaited 110m-long and 22m-high bridge was being hydraulically shifted 14m sideways into its final resting place spanning the Cogmanskloof River.
“It represents a proud monument for the Western Cape department of transport and public works, the people of the Ashton-Montagu area, and all the contractors, labourers and suppliers who were involved in the project,” the construction team said in a statement on the project website. The new bridge was constructed alongside the old one to minimise traffic disruption. It nevertheless brings to an end years of congestion in the town due to the presence of the construction team.
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