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LEGACY PROJECT: Artist impressions of the Hampden Bridge Legacy Project, featuring educational signage, bridge artefacts and landscaping, due to start construction in May 2019.
Hampden Bridge legacy coming to life Interpretive signage, bridge artefacts, landscaping and historic photographs will be incorporated into a revitalised community space at the site of the historic Hampden Bridge. Wagga Wagga City Council Director Commercial Operations Caroline Angel said the $364,000 Hampden Bridge Legacy Project is scheduled to start in May. “It will be a place to remember
the role that the historic Hampden Bridge played in Wagga Wagga’s history,” Ms Angel said. “With works on the Main City Levee Upgrade kicking off this month near Wiradjuri Bridge, planning is now in full swing for the Legacy Project. “Works cannot start until Stage 2 of the levee upgrade is completed in the area adjacent to the site of Hampden Bridge. “Interpretive signage and historic photographs will explain the history of the Hampden Bridge, its builders and how it transformed the city. “There will be extensive landscaping, accessibility ramps, seating and a viewing platform area at the restored Abutment A." Pier Three, on the northern side of the river, will also be restored as
part of the project. Organisations including Engineers Australia, Museum of the Riverina, Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society and the RMS were consulted in the planning phase, which included a Heritage Interpretive Study. The Hampden Bridge was an Allan truss road bridge built and opened in 1895 to service Wagga Wagga’s growing population. It was closed to vehicle traffic in 1995 and foot traffic in 2006 after over 100 years of service. The Gobbagombalin and Wiradjuri bridges were opened in 1997 and 1995 respectively. The legacy project will be accessible to pedestrians and cyclists from the Wiradjuri Walking Track and a refurbished carpark on the corner of Fitzmaurice and
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Crampton streets. Works are scheduled to start in May and take approximately six weeks to complete. The interpretation project was one of the specific consent conditions when the bridge was
demolished in 2014. It was approved by Wagga Wagga City Council in 2017 and is funded by Council and the NSW Government Office of Environment and Heritage “Heritage near Me” program.