Halfway Bridge, also known as Huleʻia Bridge, is located on Kauaʻi, Hawaii, where Kaumualiʻi Highway Highway crosses over Huleia Stream. Its name derives from its location about halfway between the towns of Lihue and Koloa.Hank Soboleski, ISLAND HISTORY: Al Beralas’s eerier Halfway Bridge story of the 1950s, The Garden Island (January 31, 2026).William K. Kikuchi, Halfway Bridge. Hule'ia Bridge Ha'iku, Puna District, Kaua'i, Anthropology & Archaeology on Kauaʻi, Vo. 23 (1996)
History The first Halfway Bridge was erected in 1856 from wood. It was replaced in 1919 by a one-lane cement bridge. That bridge was replaced by two-lane bridge in 1927. The current bridge opened in 1989.Hank Soboleski, A History of Kauaʻi's Halfway Bridge, The Garden Island (March 17, 2019).
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