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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge
Posted by: Michael Robinson
Date/Time: 07/08/20 12:13:00

https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/exclusive-no-money-for-hammersmith-bridge-in-1-3bn-shovel-ready-fund-04-08-2020/

The bridge was designed for horse and carts, not motor traffic.  There were 20,000 motor vehicles going over it every day just before it closed.

There were major repairs done to the bridge in the 1970s, then in the 1990s, so about 20 years seems to be the longest the bridge seems to last before needing to be shut for a few years for repairs.

The only way of getting out of that cycle is either drastically cut the volume of motor traffic allowed to use the bridge or knock it down and build a new one.


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Hammersmith Bridge06/08/20 18:47:00 Rae Lewis
   Re:Hammersmith Bridge06/08/20 19:02:00 Rae Lewis
   Re:Hammersmith Bridge06/08/20 19:12:00 Philippa Bond
      Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge06/08/20 20:33:00 Adrian Irving
         Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 11:21:00 Mike Chisholm
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 11:28:00 N V Brooks
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 11:30:00 Paul Scullion
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 12:13:00 Michael Robinson
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 12:22:00 Bruce Hammal
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 12:30:00 Michael Robinson
         Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge13/08/20 16:39:00 Tim Garfoot
         Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge13/08/20 18:15:00 Richard Greenhough
   Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 12:45:00 Bruce Hammal
      Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 13:42:00 Michael Robinson
         Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 14:11:00 Bruce Hammal
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 14:34:00 Mike Chisholm
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 14:42:00 Bruce Hammal
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 15:05:00 Mike Chisholm
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 15:10:00 Bruce Hammal
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 15:21:00 David McLoughlin
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge07/08/20 15:26:00 Michael Robinson
                     Hammersmith Bridge08/08/20 10:42:00 Jeffrey Cope
                        Re:Hammersmith Bridge11/08/20 11:12:00 Felicity Caborn
                           Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge11/08/20 11:18:00 Richard Greenhough
                              Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge11/08/20 19:06:00 Mark Evans
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge12/08/20 16:15:00 Richard Greenhough
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge12/08/20 16:28:00 Paul Scullion
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hammersmith Bridge18/08/20 12:24:00 Richard Greenhough

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