Traffic flows on Burley Griffin Way have been restored after a temporary road-over-railway bridge was damaged as the result of a truck crash in December 2024, but construction on the adjacent permanent bridge faces delays. Photo: Transport for NSW.
Traffic flows along the Burley Griffin Way have resumed following the closure of a critical one-lane railway bridge on a major thoroughfare at Wallendbeen after a serious crash in December.
The 15 December truck crash had rendered significant damage to the temporary road-over-rail bridge on Burley Griffin Way, which was then closed to traffic for seven weeks while repairs were completed.
It was reopened to traffic on 1 February.
The steel structure had been installed in 2021 after the emergency removal of an older existing bridge due to severe damage sustained during wet weather earlier that year.
The state-of-the-art temporary bridge was considered essential to ensuring a transport link remained in place at Wallendbeen to mitigate 40-minute detours on this key route which links the Hume Highway to the Riverina and the Olympic and Newell highways.
Meanwhile construction remains underway on a new permanent rail bridge adjacent to the temporary structure.
The new permanent bridge has been designed to return a two-lane crossing to motorists, improving safety and travel times on Burley Griffin Way.
Work on the permanent bridge started in late 2022 and Transport for NSW (TfNSW) has confirmed the main bridge structure is nearing completion.
But timelines for completion of the road approaches to the new bridge, allowing it to open to traffic, are still being finalised.
An October 2024 TfNSW community update said issues with ground conditions and land access meant further planning work was required.
As a result, TfNSW said it did not expect the bridge to be open to traffic by mid-2025 as planned.
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