http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19390121.2.188&srpos=16&e=-------10--11----0otorohanga+waipa+bridge-- New Zealand Herald 21 January 1939, Page 18] SH39 now crosses on a 112 meters 1953 bridge.