Hammersmith Bridge June 2019

Hammersmith and fulham council shut the bridge to pedestrians.

Hammersmith bridge june 2019. Hammersmith bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the river thames in west london. Hammersmith bridge is owned and maintained by hammersmith fulham council. West london s hammersmith bridge closed since april last year to motor vehicles has been shut to cyclists and pedestrians this evening due to fears over the safety of the victorian structure. The current bridge which is grade ii listed and was designed by civil engineer sir joseph bazalgette is the second permanent bridge on the site and has.

The 133 year old bridge was closed indefinitely to motorists in april 2019 after critical faults in the cast iron casing were found. Due to severe structural issues the bridge was closed in april 2019. To anyone familiar with the bridge or its history the surprise must be that it had taken so long for this almost. West london s hammersmith bridge has been fully closed until further notice following safety concerns after a crack in the infrastructure appeared to have been worsened by the ongoing heatwave.

It enables pedestrians and cyclists to cross between the southern part of hammersmith in the london borough of hammersmith and fulham on the north side of the river and barnes in the london borough of richmond upon thames on the south side of the river. Hc deb 13 june 2019 c802 greg hands conservative chelsea and fulham it is now two months since the bridge closed and the thames is uncrossable for a remarkable three and a half mile stretch.