One of the brightest and most familiar sights on the Auckland construction skyline is coming to the end of its road – Dennis, the yellow lifting gantry working above the Northwestern Motorway, is being sold.
The gantry’s combined mechanical muscle and precision is helping construct the massive interchange ramps as part of the NZ Transport Agency’s Waterview Connection.
The gantry has been lifting 277 precast super T beams into place on the ramps which will connect the Northwestern Motorway and the Waterview tunnels when they open in early 2017.
It will place the last of the beams towards the end of May, but it’s already joined the list of tools, buildings and vehicles being auctioned off as New Zealand’s largest and most ambitious roading project enters the final stages of construction.
The gantry was designed and built in Italy specifically for the Well-Connected Alliance, which is constructing the interchange and tunnels to connect the Northwestern and Southwestern Motorways. It is 98 metres long and weighs 140 tonnes.
View Dennis the gantry’s auction and other items being sold by the Waterview Connection project.
