Hammersmith Bridge closed to motor vehicles "indefinitely"

[Doodler]

I still don’t see why they cant knock it down and then reconstruct it so it looks aesthetically the same but is actually built stronger to withstand proper traffic.

If it means demolishing it for a short time then fine.

An appropriate human sacrifice of two prominent Londoners will need to be made, the bodies buried in the foundations of the towers. But who?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I still don’t see why they cant knock it down and then reconstruct it so it looks aesthetically the same but is actually built stronger to withstand proper traffic.

This looks essentially the same given a bridge is a bridge, and looks nice and strong.

 

[Doodler]

This looks essentially the same given a bridge is a bridge, and looks nice and strong.

In London the plain concrete sides would be used as a canvas for some shitty approved street art with a blandly uplifting message.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I doubt you could buy enough houses/flats for £25M from either side of river which would need to be demolished to make way for a new road.

Which is why those homes should be expropriated. Those found to be owned by people who avoid tax &/or bank in exotic locations, should receive no compensation.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Probably more expensive than tube drivers, it was such a closed shop you basically had to be descended from a multi-generational tree of watermen to get a look in.

Plus, most of 'em wouldn't take you west of Putney after dark.

 

[TopCat]

Yes but I don't care. I haven't aged well either.

ETA: George Cole is still a pleasure to watch as is Patrick Malahide as the well-observed sarcastic DI Chisholm: "Perhaps you'd like a lift to the station in one of our special cars with the flashing blue light on top."

The persistent casual racism and homophobia grate like fuck.

 

[Crispy]

Estimated £125m and 7 years to reopen to motor vehicles
Ferry service in the spring

Hammersmith Bridge 'will not reopen to traffic until 2027'

It is hoped that pedestrians will be able to start using the bridge again at some point next year.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[hash tag]

How many major construction projects open on time and within budget
Lets face it, Johnson wasted nearly £100 million on the garden bridge and it didnt even get off the drawing board.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Estimated £125m and 7 years to reopen to motor vehicles
Ferry service in the spring

What a waste of money - knock it down and build a nice cheap and functional concrete bridge.

 

[hash tag]

Concrete piers are a good place to bury a body.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Concrete piers are a good place to bury a body.

Have anyone in mind?

Maybe you have a stash of victims in your shed.

 

[hash tag]

Maybe a politician good at wasting money

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Maybe a politician good at wasting money

Which one?

 

[hash tag]

No point in messing around (see abbove). Start with johnson then take your pick...Patel, Mogg....

 

[Saul Goodman]

Concrete piers are a good place to bury a body.

I nominate Piers Morgan, and we should name the pier Piers' Pier.

 

[Teaboy]

Estimated £125m and 7 years to reopen to motor vehicles
Ferry service in the spring

Hammersmith Bridge 'will not reopen to traffic until 2027'

It is hoped that pedestrians will be able to start using the bridge again at some point next year.

www.bbc.co.uk

A friend of a friend was at a update presentation thing yesterday. The 7 year thing was the stand out and the disarray regarding funding. LBRUT are apparently keen to get this sorted but Hammersmith & Fulham less so. TFL are of course stoney broke.

I wonder if we can buy London Bridge back from the Americans?

 

[klang]

I still don't get why Hammersmith or Barnes deserve a bridge.

 

[SpookyFrank]

This looks essentially the same given a bridge is a bridge, and looks nice and strong.

Just tell them it's artisan concrete and charge four times the going rate. The Londoners'll bite your hand off.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I still don't get why Hammersmith or Barnes deserve a bridge.

Make the fuckers swim?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Ideally the existing bridge should be knocked down and the ugliest bridge possible built in its place. The howls of outrage would be a good laugh.

 

[platinumsage]

Why not build a dam? More concrete to bury people in and you get free electricity and more opportunity for watersports, plus no tides to worry about upstream.

 

[hash tag]

A friend of a friend was at a update presentation thing yesterday. The 7 year thing was the stand out and the disarray regarding funding. LBRUT are apparently keen to get this sorted but Hammersmith & Fulham less so. TFL are of course stoney broke.

I wonder if we can buy London Bridge back from the Americans?

Cant we sell them Hammersmith Bridge to rake in a few quid?

Make the fuckers swim?

Very good for fitness

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Cant we sell them Hammersmith Bridge to rake in a few quid?

It'd be only worth tuppence for scrap.

 

[hash tag]

For us maybe. After all, look what happened to "london bridge".

 

[farmerbarleymow]

For us maybe. After all, look what happened to "london bridge".

Use it as an RAF bombing target - fun for all the family.

 

[hash tag]

Instead of bombs, they drop politicians?

 

[Teaboy]

Why not build a dam? More concrete to bury people in and you get free electricity and more opportunity for watersports, plus no tides to worry about upstream.

Google 'Ham Hydro' and then scale up the problem a million times. Plus we'd get no more seals and the tides are cool anyway. Nothing better than getting stuck in The White Swan, Twickenham at high tide. No way out and another round is the only option.

 

[Dogsauce]

£125 million could buy a lot of amphibious bicycles I reckon, and leave enough over for a permanent holographic projection of the bridge in place of the collapsed original.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

£125 million could buy a lot of amphibious bicycles I reckon, and leave enough over for a permanent holographic projection of the bridge in place of the collapsed original.

Nah, you could buy vastly more water wings for that price. Distribute a pair to every Londoner and still have some left over. A kindness would be to install nets either side of the bridge 'lane' to prevent people being swept up or downstream by the tide.

 

[hash tag]

Ones own personal bubble