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Hampden Suspension Bridge, Kangaroo Valley, NSW

Hampden Suspension Bridge, Kangaroo Valley, NSW - feature photo

I’m not a bridge enthusiast or anything but I really love this bridge, it was crazy to see how much the wooden decking moved when trucks passed over it.

The bridge is also the only surviving suspension bridge from the colonial period of NSW and was an outstanding engineering achievement for its time.

Hampden Bridge replaced a 2-span timber trust bridge which was built in 1879 and was offically opened on 19th May 1898 by Hon J.H Young, Minister for Works and was named after Lord Hampden, Governor of New South Wales 1895-1899.

The bridge is a sandstone and steel structure suspended on each side by fourteen steel cables 37mm in diameter, with a tensile strength of 79.6 tonnes. The clear span is 77 metres, width 5.5 metres and deck 16.8 metres above the river bed. The medieval style towers are 16.8 metres higher than the decking.

The bridge was designed by Engineers De Burgh & Allen of the NSW Department Public Works and was built at a cost of $16,764AU by contractors Loveridge & Hudson of Bowarl.

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  1. Looks pretty much like the Menai road bridge over the strait between North Wales and Anglesey.

    That one was designed and built by a Thomas Telford. I wonder if the NSW public works dept had the engineers copy the design?

  2. Looks pretty much like the Menai road bridge over the strait between North Wales and Anglesey.

    That one was designed and built by a Thomas Telford. I wonder if the NSW public works dept had the engineers copy the design?

  3. I didn’t even know this existed and I live fairly close. Looks awesome 😀

  4. I didn’t even know this existed and I live fairly close. Looks awesome 😀

  5. I didn’t know this bridge. Is important to know that there are still structures that have made history.
    Thanks for the information

  6. I didn’t know this bridge. Is important to know that there are still structures that have made history.
    Thanks for the information

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