Heard on Hammersmith Palais Old School FBook. Hammersmith Bridge should be restored by the end of September.
Barbara Stevens ● 2271d19 Comments
I wonder how long that will last before it is again out of action.
Ed Robinson ● 2271d
This must have been decided after last nights meeting by the bridge. Don't know how they will restore yet.
Barbara Stevens ● 2271d
no way can this be done by end of Sept surely?
Matt Palmer ● 2271d
Without a reference this looks like incorrect information. The crossing may be opened with the use of boats but there's no way the bridge can reopen!https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/pupils-could-cross-thames-boat-18803948(That's why it's useful to post sources, even if its the Guardian, for those who've criticised that in the past!)
Michael Ixer ● 2271d
September 2021 perhaps!I wonder if the ongoing costs and the future closures have been taken into account when they say repair is cheaper than replacement. What life expectancy are they placing on it I wonder.The previous Hammersmith bridge was replaced with the current bridge when it became evident it was nolonger suitable. I think it is a big mistake to protect it. This is meant to be a funtioning bridge not some building that you can choose not to enter. Madness! Move it if need be.
Surely it's not beyond the wit of the authorities to have a temporary pontoon bridge or similar built by the army to run alongside the closed bridge?
David Sharp ● 2271d
Facebook once agains proves to be an unreliable source of information! There is absolutely nothing I can find on the web about an early reopening, just the 13th August statements confirming full closure.
Jonathan Callaway ● 2271d
The pontoon idea would scupper any continued navigation beyond the bridge. Can just see the boat race crews changing boats as they scramble across the pontoon
Andy Pike ● 2271d
Andy, in the original Formula E races the drivers had to change cars half way through - perhaps it would liven up the races? 🙂
It's no longer fit for purpose and needs to be replaced like any building that is failing. I'm usually a conservationist but Hammersmith Bridge has been repaired before and it is now past its sell by date.
Lucille Grant ● 2271d
Repair it and make it into a garden bridge i say. Pedestrians only. Could keep one lane for emergency vehicles with a barrier at either end.Boris spaffed the best part of 50 million on the other garden bridge, why not spend on this one?
I would have thought a pontoon-style bridge would be very difficult given the considerable rise and fall in the tide at that point, not to mention the speed of the current in and out.
Leslie McDonnell ● 2271d
I agree Leslie. We need a proper functioning bridge.Matt, I take it you're being ironic lol? Another Garden Bridge failure? Doubt Khan would follow in Boris's footsteps with that waste of money.
It's from the people at the meeting, what had been discussed last night.
There's a conspiracy theory that we have actually forgotten how to build bridges (except the REME), but Trump is willing to do a good deal on a wall :)
Ah, but can Trump build a bridge?
perhaps they should consider building a 3rd support mid river identical to the other 2, relay the bridge with the "suspension" elements as purely decorative rather than functional, this could be relatively quick and not so expensive as years of procrastination and argument. periodic dredging might be required but I dont see this as a big deal.
Adam Tripp ● 2271d
It's been a while since I have walked over the bridge, but I do remember feeling a bit cautious - it just didn't feel very solid.And the patch work on the road surface looked dreadful. Strange how that passed the listed criteria.Perhaps its just me!