The Hampden Bridge was long with each of the three truss spans long. Hampden Bridge was the first large overhead-braced truss bridge designed by Percy Allan. The bridge was originally designed to be a steel-built bridge; however, the tenders were too expensive so timber was used as an alternative. The Hampden Bridge replaced the earlier Wagga Wagga Company Bridge, a toll bridge over the Murrumbidgee River that operated between 1862 and 1895.
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