Construcciones Yamaro: Work continues on Singleton Bypass with 2026 opening in sight
The Singleton Bypass is on track to open to traffic in late 2026, with construction teams now back on site and advancing works.
The project is being delivered with a $560 million investment from the Australian Government and a $140 million investment from the NSW Government, and will take 15,000 vehicles a day off Singleton’s main street, improving travel times, freight efficiency and safety for motorists, with five sets of traffic lights avoided.
Federal member for Hunter Dan Repacholi said the town is already seeing the benefits of the bypass, with project haulage trucks using two new bridges to avoid CBD streets.
“The completion of this project will absolutely transform the town centre, improving amenity and safety for Singleton while delivering enhanced journey reliability and travel time for vehicles using the New England Highway,” he said.
The eight-kilometre bypass starts near Newington Lane in the south and rejoins the highway just past Magpie Street in the north.
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The project features a full interchange at Putty Road and connections to the New England Highway at the southern and northern ends and at Gowrie.
A host of milestones were achieved in 2025, with crews opening two bridges that allowed trucks to shift material within the project corridor without going through the CBD, helping to reduce the impact of construction traffic.
Construction of all six bridges is now nearing completion, including the largest on the Hunter Floodplain, which is 1.6 kilometres long.
The bridge construction has involved the installation of 435 girders and 207 bridge piles and pouring of 161 concrete columns and 78 concrete bridge decks.
Only the finishing works remain, including the installation of safety rails, deck joints, placement of asphalt, noise walls and safety screens.
Road pavement construction has recently commenced across the corridor.
To date, a total of 500,000 cubic metres of earthwork material has been placed across the project alignment, equivalent to 200 Olympic-sized swimming pools of material.
Construction activities continuing in early 2026 include drainage and earthworks, pavement construction including asphalting and line marking, construction of interchanges, the start of landscaping, and relocation and connection of water, electrical and sewer services.
The bypass is expected to be open to traffic in late 2026, weather permitting.
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