Bridge Road Cycleway, Glebe

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Bridge Road is a key strategic bike riding route helping link the Inner West to the City. An upgraded and permanent 1.2 kilometre cycleway on both sides of the road will create a more accessible, affordable and safer travel option for people travelling between the Inner West and Sydney city centre, including to the new Sydney Fish markets.

The new crossings and resurfaced road will also improve journeys for people walking and driving.

Image: Indicative render (subject to change) facing east on Bridge Road between Clare Street and Woolley Street, showing the cycleway and one of two new proposed crossings for people walking. 

Image: Indicative map, showing the location of the Bridge Road Cycleway, Glebe. View larger version here (PDF, 190.11 KB).

Latest news

Weekend and night work: Saturday 18 - Tuesday 21 and Saturday 25 - Tuesday 28 October 2025

The work will take place from Saturday to Tuesday, rather than Saturday to Monday, as originally indicated in the October 2025 Bridge Road community update.

Please see the Community updates section for more information.

September 2025 - Postponed weekend work from Saturday 27 to Monday 29 September

Planned work on Bridge Road, scheduled from Saturday 27 to Monday 29 September, will not proceed this weekend due to forecast rain, despite the hot weather.

The work included milling and resheeting on Bridge Road between Glebe Point Road and Ross Street.

Placement of asphalt requires clear weather to achieve the highest quality outcome for the final road surface and it is necessary to wait for the right conditions.

To minimise delays to the project, we have rescheduled work between Tuesday 30 September to Thursday 2 October on Lyons Road, between Parramatta Road and Bridge Road. We will door-knock residents and provide more information to them about this work.

August 2025 - Postponed weekend work from Saturday 23 to Monday 25 August

Planned work on Bridge Road, scheduled from Saturday 23 to Monday 25 August, will not proceed this weekend due to weather conditions.

Persistent severe weather throughout August has impacted our schedule, including this weekend’s planned work.

The work included trench restoration on Bridge Road from Glebe Point Road to Railway Street.

We will provide an update with revised dates once the work has been rescheduled.

Thank you for your understanding and continued patience as we complete this work.

If you have any questions, please contact us on 1300 959 936 or community@ferrycarrig.com.au.

August 2025 - Postponed weekend work from Saturday 9 to Monday 11 August

Planned work this weekend on Bridge Road, scheduled from Saturday 9 to Monday 11 August, will not proceed this weekend due to weather conditions.

This includes trench restoration work on Bridge Road between Bellevue Street and Darling Street, continuing into Darling Street and Railway Street.

We will provide an update with revised dates once the work has been rescheduled.

Thank you for your understanding and continued patience as we complete this work.

If you have any questions, please contact us on 1300 959 936 or community@ferrycarrig.com.au.

Project update 

Work is progressing on the new permanent cycleway along Bridge Road with construction starting in May 2025.  The project will deliver a safer, more accessible route for people riding bikes, including improved access to destinations such as the future Sydney Fish Market. In addition to the cycleway, two raised pedestrian crossings and a resurfaced road will enhance safety for people walking, driving and using public transport. 

Project information

Background

In 2021, we consulted the community about whether the cycleway on Bridge Road should remain, with additional upgrades to be made. We received over 1,000 survey responses from the community and after careful consideration, the decision was made in 2022 to keep an upgraded cycleway on Bridge Road permanently.

We intended to start work in mid-2023, following the completion of Infrastructure NSW’s power upgrade work for the new Sydney Fish Market. However, further trenching and remediation work was still needed along the length of the cycleway route. Due to this changed scope of work, we were required to restart our tender process. The tender process has now been completed and work to deliver the improvements to Bridge Road started in May 2025.

Proposed changes

  • replacing the current cycleway barrier with concrete barriers
  • extending the cycleway barrier where appropriate and marking merge points with the road
  • installing two new raised pedestrian crossings, just east of Cross Street and just west of Woolley Street  
  • resheeting the road surface along the entire length of the cycleway
  • installing new concrete ramps on kerbs to improve accessibility
  • removing the concrete median in the centre of the road just east of Cross Street
  • painting the cycleway green at appropriate points and adding new line markings
  • installing new signage
  • repairing footpath and gutter. 

Benefits

An improved Bridge Road will:

  • create a safer place for people walking and bike riding, as well as for road users
  • encourage people to bike ride and better meet the needs of the growing number of people who already do
  • provide a more sustainable and accessible travel option
  • make the cycleway better suited to the local area by replacing the current barrier between the cycleway and traffic lanes, with more durable concrete barriers.

Next steps

We will continue to update the local community as construction progresses.

Our contractor Ferrycarrig will provide regular updates about the work until the  project is complete. This will include information about our timeframe, when and where work will take place, and how we will manage impacts, such as temporary traffic changes.

Project documents

Some documents on this page may not comply with accessibility requirements (WCAG).

If you are having trouble accessing information in these documents, please contact us.

 

Review of Environmental Factors documents

Consultation reports

Community updates

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Contact us

For all construction related enquiries, please contact our delivery partner Ferrycarrig:

Ph: 1300 959 936
E: community@ferrycarrig.com.au

To contact the project team email bridgeroadcycleway@transport.nsw.gov.au or phone 1800 684 490.

 

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