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Hammersmith Bridge closed to motor vehicles "indefinitely"

Meanwhile, up river, I see Tower Bridge was stuck in the open position overnight recently. At least the second time it's got stuck open in recent weeks. Is Tower Bridge going the same way?
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.
 
A quick search on TB........
They could just knock it down and replace it with a nice functional bridge.

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Or a cheaper foot passenger only bridge to save even more money

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From £30 Million to just £6 Million. Alternative stabilization plan is approved.

Sounds like a temporary fix which will only need repairing again, at even greater cost, in a year or to.
Leave it open to just Peds and bicycles.
 
From £30 Million to just £6 Million. Alternative stabilization plan is approved.

Plenty of scope for things to go wrong it sounds

Denton said that the “really challenging part” of Motts proposal will be replacing the bearings while managing any differential force between the structure’s chains.
 
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