Hammersmith Bridge Road

Hammersmith bridge the area is on the main a4 trunk road heading west from central london towards the m4 motorway and heathrow airport.

Hammersmith bridge road. Open location in your map or gps app. The closest road bridges either side of hammersmith bridge are putney bridge to the east and chiswick bridge to the west although for cyclists headed in that direction they can also carry their bikes up and down the steps and use the footbridge that runs along barnes railway bridge. The engineer for the hammersmith bridge was sir joseph bazalgette who designed the bridge to replace a former suspension bridge that dated to 1827. The bridge was refurbished in 1973 with replacement steel trusses improvements to the mid span hangers and new deck expansion joints.

Hammersmith bridge has long suffered structural problems and has been closed for lengthy periods on several occasions due to the weight and volume of road traffic now common in inner london which the bridge was not originally designed to support. Hammersmith bridge was opened by the prince of wales in june 1887 and was the first suspension bridge spanning the thames. Hammersmith bridge road a306 over river thames in london. Greater london england united kingdom latitude.

Google maps google streetview if available bing maps acme mapper openstreetmap google earth kml. The a4 a busy commuter route passes over the area s main road junction hammersmith gyratory system on a long viaduct the hammersmith flyover. The total closure came. 0 230410 51 488170 0 230410 view bridge location in.

The repair programme is being kept under constant review see images of the. Hammersmith bridge is owned and maintained by the london borough of hammersmith and fulham lbhf. Hammersmith bridge has been closed to pedestrians and cyclists after safety inspectors found cracks in the 133 year old structure had worsened following the recent heatwave. Transport for london tfl is responsible for managing bus services across the bridge.