Another New Bridge At
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Apia
From Our Own Correspondent
Apia, Jan. 11.
THE second of a number of modern bridge constructions planned by the Public Works Department under the supervision of the engineer in charge, Mr.
A. Schaaffhausen, was recently completed and opened for traffic. This is the Lauli’i Bridge, which spans the River near the village of the same name about five miles from Apia on the east coast.
Of ferro-concrete construction, the bridge, which is 70 feet long, shows beautiful symmetrical lines and fits per fectly into the surrounding tropical land scape. Owing to a delay in the delivery of necessary materials, it took three months to complete the structure. The approximate cost amounted to £1,360 and it is creditable that only local labour was used in the work.
It is intended to build two more bridges of the same type on the east coast of Upolu.