Wagga residents will soon have to avoid the Ivan Jack Drive Bridge due to extended roadworks. Photo: Wagga Wagga City Council.
Regular users of the Ivan Jack Drive Bridge will soon need to find an alternate route into the city, as prolonged roadwork is scheduled to take place within the next month.
Bridge and road rehabilitation works are set to start on Monday 10 February and will take up to six weeks to complete, weather permitting. As a circumstance of the works, sections of Johnston and Morrow streets will be closed for the duration of the rehabilitation project.
Director of Infrastructure Services Henry Pavitt said the closure would impact motorists and pedestrians who used Ivan Jack Drive to travel between the southern and northern parts of the city centre.
“There will be no access through the worksite, which will cover the bridge, the footpaths, and the full length of Ivan Jack Drive,” Mr Pavitt said.
“Detours will be in place and the road will be under traffic control. We’re encouraging the community to allow extra time for their journey and use an alternate route.
“We recognise the inconvenience the bridge and road closure will cause, but we appreciate your understanding as we carry out these important works.”
Opened in 1962, the Ivan Jack Drive Bridge spans the Wollundry Lagoon, linking Trail and Best streets.
A five-yearly inspection of the bridge in 2024 determined that while it was structurally sound and safe, it required some stabilisation and structural works.
The rectification works will include stabilisations of the wing walls, which hold the soil around the bridge, and structural improvements to the bridge abutments at either end of the bridge.
“This work will be followed by the road rehabilitation phase, covering the length of Ivan Jack Drive from The Esplanade-Best Street intersection to the Johnston-Trail streets roundabout,” Mr Pavitt said.
“As part of this phase, we will be addressing the uneven approaches we currently have to the bridge by lifting the road, kerb guttering and footpath to the finished surface level of the bridge structure.”
The works will take place between 7 am and 7 pm, Mondays to Fridays, and 8 am and 6 pm on Saturdays, starting on Monday 10 February and finishing on Friday 21 March, weather permitting.
The project will be funded under council’s Bridge Replacement Reserve and Civil Infrastructure Reserve and its existing annual roadworks program for 2024-2025.
Motorists can keep up to date with traffic disruptions by visiting www.livetraffic.com.
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