Marshalls Creek Bridge replacement

The NSW Government has listened to the Wagga Wagga community and will reprioritise the Marshalls Creek Bridge upgrade.

Widening Marshalls Creek Bridge will boost capacity of the highway by providing four continuous lanes through Wagga Wagga and improving efficiency for locals, visitors and freight travelling to east Wagga Wagga, the city’s airport and the Hume Highway.  

The wider bridge will also improve the safety of pedestrians and cyclists through a dedicated pedestrian path and shared path.

A $30 million roads package was announced by the former NSW Government in August 2018. The intent was to fund the widening of Marshalls Creek Bridge and upgrade two intersection on the Olympic Highway in Wagga Wagga.

Due to the rising costs of construction both projects cannot be funded under this commitment. The Olympic Highway intersections upgrades project will be put on hold until more funding is available. 

Transport for NSW has completed the detailed design and environmental assessments. Further project planning will now be carried out and construction of the new bridge is expected to start in about 18 months. 

We will contact the community with more information as the project progresses.

Marshalls Creek Bridge is an existing two-way, two-lane access route for vehicles travelling on the Sturt Highway in Wagga Wagga. The bridge limits traffic flow, forcing vehicles to slow down through this section of the highway.

Transport for NSW is proposing to replace the crossing with a wider, longer bridge to ease congestion and improve safety in the area. The Marshalls Creek Bridge replacement will:

• Improve safety for all road users
• Improve traffic flow and efficiency, reducing the bottleneck that occurs during peak times
• Improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

The replacement bridge will be 30 metres long and 25.3 metres wide including:

• four 3.5-metre-wide traffic lanes
• two 2.5-metre-wide shoulders
• a 3-metre-wide shared path on the southern side of the bridge and a 1.8-metre-wide footpath on the northern side of the bridge
• upgraded bridge approaches and widened section of the Sturt highway to four lanes

Transport acknowledges Marshalls Creek Bridge is a pinch point on the busy Sturt Highway to the east of Wagga Wagga.

Replacing a bridge in a busy area is a complex job, requiring well-planned staging to cause limited impacts to transport customers and the wider community.

Watch our video to understand the steps involved.

Planning is now progressing.

We will contact the community with more information when a construction contractor has been engaged and work is ready to start.

Work on the bridge is expected to take about 14 months to complete, weather permitting.

• August 2021 community update
  Planning continues to widen Sturt Highway over Marshalls Creek Bridge.
• March 2021 community update

• August 2023 Addendum review of environmental factors (PDF, 3.82 MB)
  Marshalls Creek Bridge Replacement.
• August 2021 Review of Environmental Factors

  Marshalls Creek Bridge Replacement.