farmerbarleymow
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Every time this thread pops up I expect to hear the bridge has finally done the decent thing and collapsed into the river.
Grade 2 listed.TBH, I wish they would just demolish it and start again. I don't see why they can't just build a proper one for the 21st century they could flog the old one off to America like London Bridge.
Grade 2 listed.
Pity its not the type of structure that would catch fire easily.Grade 2 listed.
Neither was West Pier in Brighton and that didn't prevent it from catching fire ''mysteriously'' and repeatedly until it was no more.Pity its not the type of structure that would catch fire easily.
Advertise a 'Jump for Trump' party on Facebook, and get thousands of mask dodgers to gather on the bridge and jump up and down to celebrate Trump's recovery from the fake virus.Pity its not the type of structure that would catch fire easily.
London's bridges 'are the capital's embarrassment'
Hammersmith, Vauxhall and London Bridge have all been shut lately for repairs.www.bbc.co.uk
Just been reading that...policing Hammersmith Bridge on the river is costing £120 per hour
Does it need policing?
Just been reading that...policing Hammersmith Bridge on the river is costing £120 per hour
Does it need policing?
I had need to use Putney Bridge last night. I've not been round that way since Hammersmith Bridge closed. It was 9pm on a very wet Tuesday night during a pandemic. The traffic was really busy and it took an age to cross. Probably would have been quicker to drive up to Chiswick Bridge.
The roads were largely deserted virtually everywhere else.
Just put mines in the river - they won't try to go under the bridge twice. Might make the bridge collapse too which would put an end to its misery."guard boats" says the article and quotes £2.7m a year as the cost to stop people trying to go under the bridge. Sounds like a right swiz if you ask me.
With any luck there might be unexplored WWII bombs nearby on the river bed that need defusing, like the one in Poland today...Just put mines in the river - they won't try to go under the bridge twice. Might make the bridge collapse too which would put an end to its misery.
Or how about rebuild the bridge to 21st century standards, and then mock up the original look around it? Everyone wins.
Just build a 21st Century bridge ffs.
Well, yes. But Grade 2 listed etc etc.
Obviously not that good an architect given the thing is falling apart.All this talk of demolition doesn't wash with me. It's a Bazalgette bridge, one of London's finest architects, and should be repaired and made ready for the future.
Obviously not that good an architect given the thing is falling apart.
The dome of the Hagia Sofia fell in but they didn't knock the church down they "built back better" as BJ likes to say.Obviously not that good an architect given the thing is falling apart.
All this talk of demolition doesn't wash with me. It's a Bazalgette bridge, one of London's finest architects, and should be repaired and made ready for the future.
Knock the damn thing down and build a basic functional concrete bridge to save money. Just because it's old doesn't mean it is worth spending tons of cash to save.History is littered with great buildings that needed propping up after a while.