Hampden Bridge Kangaroo Valley

, Moss Vale Road, Kangaroo Valley, NSW, 2577 ,Australia

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Moss Vale Road, Kangaroo Valley, NSW 2577 Australia

Hampden Bridge on the NSW South Coast is the oldest surviving suspension bridge in Australia, it is said to be the most photographed in the country and arguably one of the most important examples of bridge engineering heritage in Australia, second only to the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Construction began in 1895 and the bridge was opened on the 19 May 1898, just six days before floods washed the old bridge away.

Hampden Bridge features four large crenellated turrets made of locally quarried sandstone. The Bridge is 77 metres long and was built in the year 1897, and named after Lord Hampden, who was the Governor of NSW from 1895 to 1899.

This experience is categorised under:

Historical & Cultural

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