Reed's Island bridge

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Data I can find says this bridge was built in 1899 opening Reed's Island for development. NBI lists it as 1940. Technically, Reed's Island is no longer an island, with a land bridge at the south western end. The current Wailuku channel flows on the north side and Waikapu stream flows along the south side in an old Wailuku channel. Waikapu stream flows under the bridge just before joining Wailuku river at the north east end of the "island".

Facts

Overview: Wooden bridge over Wailuku River on Kaiulani Street in Hilo
Location: Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii
Status: Open to traffic
Future prospects: Scheduled for upgrades, autumn 2012. Weight limit will increase from 6 to 20 tons.
History: Built 1940; rehabilitated 1977
Design: Timber stringer
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 23.0 ft.
Total length: 174.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Also called: Kaiulani Street bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +19.72472, -155.09272 (decimal degrees)
19°43'29" N, 155°05'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 5/280674/2182371 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Hilo
Average daily traffic (as of 1986): 130
Inventory number: BH 12689 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2016): Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 43.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Update Log

January 16, 2013: Updated by Fmiser: Corrected location, build date. changed name

Sources

Fmiser - fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com
Shipman House on Reed Island - Describes the construction of the Reed Island bridge
Wailuku bridges, etc - The last paragraph is on bridges
Hawaii Tribune Herald aricle - Documents the beginning of the upgrade

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Reed Island bridge

Posted January 16, 2013, by Fmiser (fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com)

Looks like seismic upgrades are the excuse for modernizing this old span.

"The wooden deck will be replaced with steel beams and a steel grating deck. Concrete rock anchors and micro-pilings, as well as lateral structural steel bracing members, will be installed to strengthen the deck and bring it up to speed with earthquake code requirements."

-- Big Island Now, July 27th, 2012

http://bigislandnow.com/2012/07/27/work-set-for-reeds-island...