weekend reflection:Auckland new museum building

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In this building, some one polished the floor very well at the reception area.

skywatch Friday: Auckland, Mt Albert

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The tower of Mt Albert Baptist Church looks like a chimney bellowing smoke. Talk about brimstone and fire.

Auckland Harbour Bridge Moveable Lane Barrier.

This fifity year old lady is photographed from Mt Eden Volcano, and is an icon of Auckland.

Auckland Harbour Bridge, 

The bridge has a length of 1,020 m (3,348 ft), with a main span of 243.8 m, rising 43.27 m above high water allowing ships access to the deepwater wharf. It has undergone transformation with  two-lane box girder clip-on sections were added to each side in 1969, ten years after it was built. It doubled the number of lanes to eight. The sections were manufactured by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries of Japan. People fondly called the new lanes as 'Nippon clip-ons'. 

The Moveable Lane Barrier - the first ever permanent lane barrier system on a major bridge anywhere in the world - was introduced to manage traffic flows in a 'tidal' morning and evening peak system.

In the morning, the traffic is busy coming into the city. After work, the direction is reversed. In 1990, this giant machine was installed to move these heavy block dividers.There were "elephant houses" or giant sheds at the end of the bridge. This daily changing of lanes have intriqued tourist.

After twenty years, this orange machine is transfered to extend Auckland's motorway network. They are replaced by new sleek white machines which do the job twice as fast as the old machine.