Overnight work coming for Waipawa River Bridge on SH2

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi | 30 May 2025 12:50pm | Hawke’s Bay

A stretch of State Highway 2 at Waipawa River Bridge will be under overnight stop/go from next Sunday for regular maintenance of the bridge joints.

The bridge will be reduced to one lane and stop/go traffic management in place for 5 nights from Sunday 8 June. 

The work will take place each night between 7pm and 6am. The work is expected to finish at 6am Friday 13 June.

Drivers may experience delays of 5 to 10 minutes.

Please drive to the conditions and allow extra time for your journey.

This work is weather dependent and may be postponed at short notice.