Standard bridge drawings were produced by the Public Works Department (PWD), Ministry of Works (MOW) and Ministry of Works and Development (MWD) throughout the lifetime of these organisations. Upon privatisation of the MWD the drawings continued to be maintained by Works Consultancy Services (WCS) and Opus International Consultants Ltd (Opus) – now WSP.
More recently new standard concrete bridge beam drawings were developed through a Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency research project undertaken by Beca and WSP. A project to update these drawings is underway.
Historical standard bridge drawings produced by the MOW and MWD have been scanned from drawing folder sets. The most recent standard bridge drawings produced by WCS or Opus have been obtained from electronic records held by WSP.
Older individual standard bridge drawings produced by the PWD have been obtained from archives and also scanned.
Standard drawings for Callender-Hamilton truss bridges have also been scanned. These drawings can be obtained, on a limited basis, upon request to bridgemanual@nzta.govt.nz
These historical standard bridge drawings are made available for information purposes only noting the terms of the following important note.
The user acknowledges that while these records were accurate as at the date they were produced there is no guarantee that they remain an accurate representation of the bridges and any use of or reliance on these drawings is at the user’s own risk.
Neither Waka Kotahi nor WSP are responsible for the consequences of any other party’s use of or reliance on these historical drawings (for any purpose), and neither party shall be liable for any loss or damage incurred for any consequences arising from such use or reliance.
Each drawing folder set has a PDF document indexing the drawings contained within the folder. The indexes, which can be accessed below, include hyperlinks to each drawing.
For further information contact bridgemanual@nzta.govt.nz.
