Hammersmith Bridge closed to motor vehicles "indefinitely"

[farmerbarleymow]

Ones own personal bubble
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Has the advantage that it could be fired from a cannon.

 

[hash tag]

Or shot at with a water cannon

 

[Doodler]

A zip wire across the Thames would be exciting. Maybe Boris Johnson could be the first to try it out.

 

[TopCat]

A zip wire across the Thames would be exciting. Maybe Boris Johnson could be the first to try it out.

A zip wire would be great. Fantastic in fact.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A zip wire would be great. Fantastic in fact.

Demolish all the bridges and replace them with zipwires - let the river run free.

 

[TopCat]

Demolish all the bridges and replace them with zipwires - let the river run free.

I cant think of any negatives in the plan.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

You'd need a pretty strong wire to carry a bus, but I'm sure it could be done.

 

[hash tag]

If it can support Johnson for half an hour....

 

[farmerbarleymow]

You'd need a pretty strong wire to carry a bus, but I'm sure it could be done.

Retrofit buses to be hoverbuses so they can skim across the river. Would need to build ramps on either side, but that shouldn't be difficult.

 

[T & P]

We could also put up a cable car like the one by The Dome, seeing how cheap to build and successful and busy that one is...

 

[farmerbarleymow]

We could also put up a cable car like the one by The Dome, seeing how cheap to build and successful and busy that one is...

Or just lay some planks across the river - that should be sufficient for people and vehicles to cross. All you'd need is some stout walls on each riverbank, and someone at each end to make sure the plank doesn't slip off the wall.

 

[Dogsauce]

Just stick the whole fucking Thames in a pipe. You could do all sorts with the land, no worry about bridges.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Just stick the whole fucking Thames in a pipe.

Why stick with a pipe? Turn the Thames in to a bong

 

[hash tag]

They should bring back the ducks, always safe and reliable on land and water.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Bazalgette was the undeniable king of the drains; not sure about his skills with bridges.

Bazalgette was better than that, he was the "Emperor of shit" ..... no one did it better.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Or just lay some planks half way across the river - And let the marching commence.

CFY

 

[farmerbarleymow]

"Emperor of shit"

Emperor of shit bridges.

 

[T & P]

Saw this on WhatsApp and thought of this thread...

 

[krtek a houby]

Just stick the whole fucking Thames in a pipe. You could do all sorts with the land, no worry about bridges.

But the whales

 

[hash tag]

The Thames shouldn't stretch to Whales.

 

[hash tag]

A plain, simple elegant bridge

 

[Teaboy]

An innovative temporary solution is seemingly on the horizon. Richmond Council welcomes proposed new solution for Hammersmith Bridge - London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Looks good but...after you.

 

[Crispy]

More images here:

Temporary bridge crossing

Temporary double-decker crossing within the existing structure of Hammersmith Bridge - 26 November 2020

www.flickr.com

That's a very clever idea.

COWI have a wealth of bridge experience, so while it looks very slender, I wouldn't doubt their design.

 

[T & P]

An innovative temporary solution is seemingly on the horizon. Richmond Council welcomes proposed new solution for Hammersmith Bridge - London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Looks good but...after you.

That looks very intriguing. If the concept drawing is in any way accurate, how are they going to manage to a) build the temporary double decker bridge without endangering the extremely fragile existing bridge, and b) avoid adding to the load of the existing structure?

ETA Crispy posted it while I was typing...

 

[Teaboy]

That looks very intriguing. If the concept drawing is in any way accurate, how are they going to manage to a) build the temporary double decker bridge without endangering the extremely fragile existing bridge, and b) avoid adding to the load of the existing structure?

ETA Crispy posted it while I was typing...

Presumably the load will be distributed down the existing piers. Its the deck itself which is the problem I believe.

 

[Crispy]

That looks very intriguing. If the concept drawing is in any way accurate, how are they going to manage to a) build the temporary double decker bridge without endangering the extremely fragile existing bridge, and b) avoid adding to the load of the existing structure?

ETA Crispy posted it while I was typing...

If I understand the images correctly, the two halves of the truss bridge would be assembled on the approach roads, then slid out till they meet in the middle.

 

[skyscraper101]

That's mental.

I like it.

 

[Teaboy]

Are they cantilevering then? That would be a design and a half?

 

[Crispy]

Are they cantilevering then? That would be a design and a half?

They'd be supporting only themselves during the cantilever part of the installation.
(And I bet the road surfaces etc. would be installed afterward)
Think of it like the boom of a tower crane.

 

[Teaboy]

As long as it isn't too temporary (I know the design allows for access for workers to repair the existing structure but no one has any dough at the moment). I'm getting images of another lovely "temporary" bridge not too far away...