Hampden Bridge, Wagga Wagga
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The Hampden Bridge was a heritage-listed[3] wooden Allan Truss bridge over the Murrumbidgee River in Wagga Wagga, Australia. It was officially opened to traffic on 11 November 1895 and named in honour of the NSW Governor Sir Henry Robert Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden.[4] The bridge carried the Olympic Highway, formerly the Olympic Way, between 1963 until the bridge's closure to highway traffic in October 1995, replaced by the Wiradjuri Bridge. The Hampden Bridge was subsequently converted to local traffic use, then pedestrian use only, and finally demolished in 2014.
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Hampden Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 35°06′03″S 147°22′07″E |
Crossed | Murrumbidgee River |
Locale | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
Maintained by | Wagga Wagga City Council |
Heritage status | |
Characteristics | |
Design | Allan Truss bridge |
Total length | 330 feet (100.6 m) |
Longest span | 110 feet (33.5 m) |
No. of spans | 12 |
Piers in water | 2 |
Clearance below | 42 feet (13 m) |
History | |
Designer | Percy Allan |
Construction cost | £12,468 tender[1] £13,200 reported[2] |
Opened | 11 November 1895[3] |
Collapsed | 20 August 2014 |
Closed | October 1995 (traffic) August 2006 (pedestrians) |
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