The dual objectives of the Albury Wodonga Hume Freeway Project are to strengthen the major transport link connecting Australia’s two major cities of Sydney and Melbourne, and to improve safety and travel conditions for the people of Albury and Wodonga.
The $524 million project is funded by the Australian Government and includes the $12 million Bandiana Link that is jointly funded by the Victorian and Australian Governments.
Abigroup Contractors Pty Ltd has been contracted to build both the New South Wales and the Victorian contract. The Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) and VicRoads are working in close co-ordination to ensure the new section of the Hume Freeway is opened as a single project by mid 2007.
The new 17.4 kilometre route will link the Hume Freeway at Wodonga in Victoria
with the Hume Highway at Ettamogah in NSW. The four-lane
facility will be of freeway standard, providing overpasses
at intersecting roads and access to surrounding areas via
entry and exit ramps at key locations.
A second crossing of the Murray River between Albury and Wodonga will be created,
along with a 3.7 kilometre road link to Bandiana, connecting
the Murray Valley Highway, south east of Wodonga with the
Hume Freeway.
Main features of the new freeway include:
- Full diamond interchanges at Thurgoona Drive, Borella Road, Bridge Street and High Street (allowing entry exit from both directions).
- Half diamond interchanges at Billy Hughes Bridge, Corrys Hill and Bandiana Link (allowing exit and from only one direction).
- Bridges at both Fallon and North Streets over Sydney-Melbourne
Railway line and the freeway.
- Bridges over the Murray River, Flanagans Creek, Wodonga Creek, Oddies Creek and the railway line.
- Pedestrian bridges at Dean Street, Albury Railway Station and Amatex Street and shared pedestrian/cycle paths along much of the route.
- Extensive urban design features and landscaping along the freeway, including new parks in East Albury and South Albury.
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