The incredible moving pub
One of Auckland's oldest surviving pubs, the Birdcage Tavern (1884) is about to move — 40 metres up the road, while a motorway tunnel is created beneath the site. A motorway viaduct already runs within metres of the building visible at the top left and surrounded by a major intersection on ground level.
The building will be bumped up the road on runway beams by hydraulic arms — then moved back again once the tunnel is completed sometime in 2012.
The building will be bumped up the road on runway beams by hydraulic arms — then moved back again once the tunnel is completed sometime in 2012.
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