[citation needed] The area leading to Windsor Bridge is called Thompson Square.

Many old-time local residents have spoken of traversing the 1814 convict built brick barrel drains in years gone by.

A number of drains have been protected by encasing within polystyrene under a two-storey-high concrete bridge abutment during construction.

[citation needed] The Windsor Bridge was listed on the heritage and conservation register of the Roads & Maritime Services on 21 October 2004 with the following statement of significance:[1] The Windsor Bridge has a high level of historic, technical, aesthetic and social significance as an important historical and physical landmark in one of the State's pre-eminent historic towns, and in the wider Sydney region.

Together with the successive crossings upstream at Richmond, this bridge has played a major role in shaping the history of the Hawkesbury area, functioning for well over a century as an all important link between the communities on either side of the River and as an essential component in a through route of importance in the development of the Sydney region.

[6] According to NSW Roads & Maritime Services, the replacement three-lane bridge is expected to provide insignificant improvements in traffic flow and flood mitigation.

[3] Some local residents speculate that a reason for the proposed bridge replacement was sand extraction on the Richmond Lowlands facilitated by the new bridge with wider spaced pylons and a slight height increases to allow barges to pass underneath.

In 2014 he was asked to step down or face expulsion amid the corruption allegations that were being investigated by the ICAC.