Hammersmith Bridge closed to motor vehicles "indefinitely"
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farmerbarleymow
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What would happen if all the bridges in London failed in some way? I know there are tunnels, but I guess they wouldn't have the capacity to manage the traffic.
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A quick search on TB........
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Tower Bridge could require costly refurb after bascules get stuck again | New Civil Engineer
Chartered electrical engineer and author of the Haynes Tower Bridge Operations Manual John Smith told NCE that a six-figure refurb could be needed after
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farmerbarleymow
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They could just knock it down and replace it with a nice functional bridge.A quick search on TB........
Tower Bridge could require costly refurb after bascules get stuck again | New Civil Engineer
Chartered electrical engineer and author of the Haynes Tower Bridge Operations Manual John Smith told NCE that a six-figure refurb could be needed after
Or a cheaper foot passenger only bridge to save even more money
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
They could build the concrete one in the first picture above, and put some concrete planters along the edges to create an idylic garden bridge. Cheap and functional - what's not to like?
Elpenor
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New river crossing plan for Hammersmith revealed:They could just knock it down and replace it with a nice functional bridge.
Or a cheaper foot passenger only bridge to save even more money
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
A wise design. Both cheap and gives passengers some upper body exercise.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Buy back London Bridge from that geeza in Arizona.
skyscraper101
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From £30 Million to just £6 Million. Alternative stabilization plan is approved.
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Hammersmith Bridge | Motts alternative stabilisation plan approved after slashing millions off project cost | New Civil Engineer
The proposal is earmarked to cost just £6M, some £24M less than the original stabilisation plan drawn up by Pell Frischmann. It will also be completed in
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spitfire
Walty McWaltface
From £30 Million to just £6 Million. Alternative stabilization plan is approved.
Hammersmith Bridge | Motts alternative stabilisation plan approved after slashing millions off project cost | New Civil Engineer
The proposal is earmarked to cost just £6M, some £24M less than the original stabilisation plan drawn up by Pell Frischmann. It will also be completed in
But we could have had another mound for that!
skyscraper101
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But we could have had another mound for that!
They could even build it in the middle of the Thames, and bore a road tunnel through it. Problem solved!
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
You’re a genius!
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Sounds like a temporary fix which will only need repairing again, at even greater cost, in a year or to.From £30 Million to just £6 Million. Alternative stabilization plan is approved.
Hammersmith Bridge | Motts alternative stabilisation plan approved after slashing millions off project cost | New Civil Engineer
The proposal is earmarked to cost just £6M, some £24M less than the original stabilisation plan drawn up by Pell Frischmann. It will also be completed in
Leave it open to just Peds and bicycles.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Plenty of scope for things to go wrong it soundsFrom £30 Million to just £6 Million. Alternative stabilization plan is approved.
Hammersmith Bridge | Motts alternative stabilisation plan approved after slashing millions off project cost | New Civil Engineer
The proposal is earmarked to cost just £6M, some £24M less than the original stabilisation plan drawn up by Pell Frischmann. It will also be completed in
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Penny foolish....
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
If they got a load of puffa fish filled with helium and stuck them underneath the bridge that would solve the issue of what to do with the bridge and with all the spare puffa fish.
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Not just Hammersmith having bridge problems Bid to save River Tyne swing bridge that just won’t swing
farmerbarleymow
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Old bridges don't last forever so eventually have to be replaced. It could be a useful scheme to boost the economy - demolish all the bridges in the country and replace them with modern ones.
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But not without first spending a fortune trying to repair them.
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Motorised vehicles back on the bridge Hammersmith Bridge gets electric rickshaw service after re-opening to public
Yeah, that will be a barrel of laughs going round Hammersmith roundabout in one of those.
klang
klang
bring it on
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Is there a roundabout though?
Dunno. Whatever that monstrosity which circles the bus station underground station is called. A hideous junction in every regard.
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Gyratory?
