I might be imagining things, but I’m mid 30s now and I swear Hammersmith Bridge has had issues for as long as I can remember. What is the hold up rectifying the issues? Does anyone know? Seems a bit odd that we’ve built bridges and tunnels across the Thames several times over before we’ve addressed this bridge?
It’s a symbol of decay.. the mayor should own the problem to ensure cross council agreement, that is what the role is for
Likely that it will reopen with a toll unless DFT or TFL pay a greater share than currently. I think a toll for cars is a better solution than it being closed for cars.
The folly of not pulling it down and starting again because its Victorian, they often pulled down infratructure that wasnt fit for use and this bridge wasn’t designed for cars.
I’ve cycled to it and its very plesent and quiet as it is, why anyone would want it returning to traffic is beyond me, and yes it was in use, pedestrians and cyclists doing the same journey a 1 ton single occupency vehicle would do.
Just knock it down.
It really is an indictment of how shit we are at building and maintaining infrastructure in this country. It’s the type of thing that should be sorted and done in a couple of years but we’re incapable of doing that in this country. It’s no wonder we’re behind others
I thought you could still walk over it
As someone who works on the Hammersmith Bridge restoration project I can confirm that it will be slowly opened to traffic down the centre of the bridge! starting with cyclists in April
Light motor vehicles is further away but not impossible
HGVs like lorries and buses most likely never again
EDIT: the bridge is not closed there are FOOTPATHS not cyclepaths on either side of the bridge that are open, just a pity cyclists don’t know the difference
EDIT 2: I’m more than happy to answer any questions you may have regarding the bridge 🙂
and yet London has not collapsed around it.
Leave it as it is, cycling and walking.
The knock on effect of surrounding bridges is still getting worse. Putney, Chiswick and Kew bridge are well over capacity for motor vehicles. The run up to Chiswick roundabout on the north circular heading south can take 20+ minutes. Even on a motorbike its tough as its so narrow for filtering.
It’s mental that they can’t sort this out. China would have sorted it in 36 hours.
Here’s to hoping it never reopens to motor vehicles. As a local resident, Hammersmith has become so much nicer without tens of thousands of cars polluting our air, creating noise and causing accidents. Plus, most data shows that it hasn’t substantially affected travel times at the other bridges in the west.
How much difference in money and time would it take to simply k ock it down and build a completely new bridge?
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It’s not closed at the moment though…
I might be imagining things, but I’m mid 30s now and I swear Hammersmith Bridge has had issues for as long as I can remember. What is the hold up rectifying the issues? Does anyone know? Seems a bit odd that we’ve built bridges and tunnels across the Thames several times over before we’ve addressed this bridge?
It’s a symbol of decay.. the mayor should own the problem to ensure cross council agreement, that is what the role is for
[This is a really good synopsis by the BBC](https://CosttorepairHammersmithBridgemorethandoubleshttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68024233).
2019 is when it closed.
Likely that it will reopen with a toll unless DFT or TFL pay a greater share than currently. I think a toll for cars is a better solution than it being closed for cars.
The folly of not pulling it down and starting again because its Victorian, they often pulled down infratructure that wasnt fit for use and this bridge wasn’t designed for cars.
I’ve cycled to it and its very plesent and quiet as it is, why anyone would want it returning to traffic is beyond me, and yes it was in use, pedestrians and cyclists doing the same journey a 1 ton single occupency vehicle would do.
Just knock it down.
It really is an indictment of how shit we are at building and maintaining infrastructure in this country. It’s the type of thing that should be sorted and done in a couple of years but we’re incapable of doing that in this country. It’s no wonder we’re behind others
I thought you could still walk over it
As someone who works on the Hammersmith Bridge restoration project I can confirm that it will be slowly opened to traffic down the centre of the bridge! starting with cyclists in April
Light motor vehicles is further away but not impossible
HGVs like lorries and buses most likely never again
EDIT: the bridge is not closed there are FOOTPATHS not cyclepaths on either side of the bridge that are open, just a pity cyclists don’t know the difference
EDIT 2: I’m more than happy to answer any questions you may have regarding the bridge 🙂
and yet London has not collapsed around it.
Leave it as it is, cycling and walking.
The knock on effect of surrounding bridges is still getting worse. Putney, Chiswick and Kew bridge are well over capacity for motor vehicles. The run up to Chiswick roundabout on the north circular heading south can take 20+ minutes. Even on a motorbike its tough as its so narrow for filtering.
It’s mental that they can’t sort this out. China would have sorted it in 36 hours.
Here’s to hoping it never reopens to motor vehicles. As a local resident, Hammersmith has become so much nicer without tens of thousands of cars polluting our air, creating noise and causing accidents. Plus, most data shows that it hasn’t substantially affected travel times at the other bridges in the west.
How much difference in money and time would it take to simply k ock it down and build a completely new bridge?
Is this just a sentiment thing at this point?
*TEN* years????
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