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Attention: Permit holders who travel northbound over Spirit of Progress Bridge, Hume Highway, Albury
This letter is to inform you under section 177 of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVL), the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) in consultation with Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) will be temporarily amending access for certain heavy vehicles due to works being required along northbound travel over Spirit of Progress Bridge, Hume Highway, Albury.
To limit impacts to motorists, repairs will be carried out at night with the northbound bridge closed to traffic on weekdays and weekends between 8pm and 5.30am, from Monday 24 February to Saturday 1 March 2025, and from Monday 3 March to Saturday 8 March 2025, weather permitting. The detour for northbound heavy vehicles during the period of the closure is via East Street, Atkins Street, Hume Street, Wodonga Place, Lincoln Causeway and returning to the Hume Highway on the High Street ramp.
Current heavy vehicle access permit holders with route-specific access that includes northbound travel over Spirt of Progress Bridge, Hume Highway, and Albury and are impacted by this closure would be required to utilise this detour. The variation letter is applicable to the following vehicle combinations:
- HML 25/26m B-Double combinations
- PBS Level 2B combinations
- PBS Level 3A combinations
- HML PBS Level 2A combinations
Other restricted access heavy vehicles operating under a heavy vehicle access permit must not travel off the approved route listed in their permit. An updated permit must be obtained from the NHVR.
A copy of the variation letter must be carried along with the permit and produced to an authorised officer upon request.