Percy Burn Viaduct

Percy Burn Viaduct yana kudu maso gabashin Tsibirin Kudu na New Zealand . Ana kyautata zaton shine mafi girman hanyar katako da ta tsira a duniya. Tsohon hanyar jirgin ƙasa ce ta katako, yanzu haka ita ce gadar ƙafa kuma mafi shahara a Tuatape Hump Ridge Trail .

A farkon shekarun karni na ashirin, kamfanonin sare bishiyoyi sun yi amfani da mafi yawan bishiyoyin da aka samo asali daga ƙasar New Zealand. Kamfanin Marlborough Timber Company, ɗaya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin sare itatuwa a ƙasar, yana neman sabbin wuraren da za a iya niƙa dazuzzuka, kuma ya sami damar mallakar yankin katako mai wahalar shiga kusa da Te Waewae Bay a kusurwar kudu maso yammacin tsibirin. Babban wurin da aka niƙa katakon shine rimu . 

Da farko, ana samun damar shiga ta jirgin ruwa ne kawai, kuma an gina tashar jiragen ruwa da matsuguni a Port Craig, amma har yanzu ana buƙatar hanyar jirgin ƙasa mai tsawon kilomita 25 don jigilar katako zuwa wurin. Dole ne a haɗu da manyan konewa guda huɗu masu zurfi, kuma an gina manyan hanyoyin jirgin ƙasa guda huɗu don cimma wannan. Mafi girma daga cikinsu sun ketare Percy Burn. An gina shi a shekarar 1923, tsawonsa ya kai mita 125 da tsayinsa mita 36.

Abin takaici ga kamfanin, katakon ba shi da inganci kuma ya yi tsada sosai wajen yin katako. Tare da faduwar farashin katako (saboda inganta hanyoyin shiga tsakanin biranen Tsibirin Kudu da kuma gabar tekun Yammacin Tekun da ke da dazuzzuka tare da kammala aikin Otira Tunnel ), aikin Port Craig ya shiga matsala cikin sauri kuma an yi watsi da shi a shekarar 1928, kamar yadda aka cimma matsakaicin samar da katako. 

An yi gyaran hanyar jirgin ruwa a shekarun 1990, a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin gina sabuwar hanyar tafiya ta Hump Ridge. Ma'aikatar Kula da Kare Muhalli, Majalisar Gundumar Southland da kuma Port Craig Viaducts Trust sun yi aikin gyara tare a tsakiyar shekarun 2010.

 Rufewa da Gyarawa 
An rufe hanyar jirgin ruwa, wadda ta kasance wani ɓangare na hanyar jirgin ruwa ta Hump Ridge da kuma hanyar jirgin ruwa ta South Coast, don jama'a su samu damar shiga a watan Mayu na 2013 saboda lalacewar katako da sauran matsalolin tsaro.  Ma'aikatar Kula da Kare Muhalli ta gina wata hanyar daban da za ta ratsa hanyar jirgin ruwa. 

Ba a san makomarsa ba sai a watan Fabrairun 2014 lokacin da Ma'aikatar Kula da Muhalli ta Southland ta yi alƙawarin ba da dala NZ $ 480,000 don gyara shi da sauran hanyoyin jirgin ƙasa guda uku da ke kan tsohon layin dogo.     An rufe gadar kuma ba a fara aikin gyara ba. Ana sa ran sake buɗewa a shekarar 2018.  An sake buɗe hanyar jirgin ruwa a ƙarshen shekarar 2018. 

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