Hammersmith Bridge Update July 2020

Hammersmith bridge is closed to pedestrians and river traffic from 5pm today 13 august because of an increased risk to public safety due to a sudden deterioration in key parts of the suspension structure.

Hammersmith bridge update july 2020. 24 july 2020 at 09 42 greg. This morning the port of london authority issued a notice to mariners closing the river thames under the whole of hammersmith bridge and 15 metres to either side following the closure of the bridge itself to all traffic including pedestrians and cyclists by hammersmith fulham council. At both the hammersmith and barnes ends of the bridge there is a motif made up of seven coats of arms. He attacked housing ministers for not including hammersmith bridge in a list of shovel ready infrastructure projects that will receive funding from a pot of 1 3 billion.

Coats of arms motif. The closure will last until major refurbishment works to the 132 year old bridge are complete. The three towns nearest to me somerset with bus stations all have the bus stations conveniently located for the town centre with the railway station in each case being considerably less so. The bridge remains open for walking and cycling.

Hammersmith bridge has been closed to motorists since april 2019 due to critical faults found by safety sensors but it was still open to cyclists and pedestrians while repairs were carried out. Specialist engineers have been undertaking 24 7 monitoring of the structural integrity of the bridge throughout using an extensive network of sensors on the 19th century structure. Hammersmith bridge has been bombed three times by the ira in 1939 by the provisional ira in 1996 and by the real ira in 2000. Hammersmith bridge is closed to motor traffic until major safety critical strengthening work is completed.

Archive footage of hammersmith bridge with an unfamiliar paint colour and significantly less. The bridge is one of london s most iconic structures and features in many films. 30 july 2020 the government must step in and help fund the restoration of hammersmith bridge a bridge that is vital to the future economy of the capital says richmond council. We fully recognise the need for this closure given the very real safety concerns however we will be.

On july 30 mr ehmann said. You asked for shovel ready projects mr johnson well here s one which is practically on your doorstep. Hammersmith bridge in the 1970s. There are diversions for motorists via chiswick bridge and putney bridge.

River traffic and pedestrian routes under the bridge were also stopped.