umpire111 Posted May 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 2 hours ago, ditchcrawler said: This just popped up on the net https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/outstanding-engineering-checks-holding-up-hammersmith-bridge-progress-06-05-2021/ Link doesn’t work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted May 6, 2021 Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 12 minutes ago, umpire111 said: Link doesn’t work Can't help then as I just tried it and it worked OK my end , the only other thing I can suggest is visit New Civil Engineer and search Hammersmith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerra Posted May 6, 2021 Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 29 minutes ago, umpire111 said: Link doesn’t work Works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umpire111 Posted May 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, Jerra said: Works for me. Got it now tx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted May 18, 2021 Report Share Posted May 18, 2021 Latest from the civil engineering lot is knock it down and start again!! https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/is-it-time-to-knock-down-hammersmith-bridge-and-start-again-18-05-2021/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar Gypsy Posted May 19, 2021 Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) Latest notice from PLA. On a quick skim, no change to the overall policy and rules, just a neater way of communicating with boats. This smart signal thing is the same as that controlling Arch 4 at Vauxhall, which works pretty well in my experience. I do have slight red/green colour blindness ...https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/u3of2021-barnelmsreach-hammersmithbridge-closedtonavigationexclusionzonecontrolledtransits.pdf Edited May 19, 2021 by Scholar Gypsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machpoint005 Posted May 19, 2021 Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 16 hours ago, matty40s said: Latest from the civil engineering lot is knock it down and start again!! https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/is-it-time-to-knock-down-hammersmith-bridge-and-start-again-18-05-2021/ Probably quicker than sorting out who should pay for the repairs. Time for a cosy sponsorship deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted May 19, 2021 Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 51 minutes ago, Machpoint005 said: Probably quicker than sorting out who should pay for the repairs. Time for a cosy sponsorship deal? Dunno! Look what happened in the case of the last two new bridges proposed across the Thames in London - the Garden Bridge and the Canary Wharf to Rotherhithe Bridge. Both abandoned after substantial money had been spent on developing the project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanD Posted June 1, 2021 Report Share Posted June 1, 2021 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/hammersmith-bridge-reopen-summer-2021-cost-sharing-deal-government-b938194.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) Webinar on 8th July for the technically minded: Webinar: Structural Assessment of the Hammersmith Bridge in London (sofistik.de) Edited June 16, 2021 by Tim Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 On 19/05/2021 at 13:45, Machpoint005 said: Probably quicker than sorting out who should pay for the repairs. Time for a cosy sponsorship deal? I can just imagine it emblazoned with banners proclaiming it to be the "Tesco Hammersmith Bridge". Perhaps they could build a supermarket on the bridge itself; there were precedents on the capital's bridges a few centuries ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGoat Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 Why not, why not, why not - just pull the blurry thing down and sell it to the Americans (or ano) and put a proper bridge in its place. It's a miracle of Victorian engineering but totaly useless for today's traffic demands. I remember wobling over it in my motor bike before most of you were born and thinking the equivalent of w.t.f (language was more restained then). Conversely just put a blurry great prop midstream to hold up the roadway. Send the Blues race up to Henley-Ya. The river dosent get that much other traffic anyway... hic.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar Gypsy Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 A group of narrowboats had a successful transit on Saturday. Although the bridge has closed on occasions in recent days, the abort plan was not needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassman Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 We (two narrowboats) plan to do Teddington to Limehouse in June and then return upriver and back again a few weeks later. I presume passage under Hammersmith Bridge is still allowed? Is there still the booking system in place as per the links in this thread? What is their interpretation of essential? In other words might they insist we go via Brentford and the GU/Regents etc instead? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar Gypsy Posted April 15, 2022 Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, Grassman said: We (two narrowboats) plan to do Teddington to Limehouse in June and then return upriver and back again a few weeks later. I presume passage under Hammersmith Bridge is still allowed? Is there still the booking system in place as per the links in this thread? What is their interpretation of essential? In other words might they insist we go via Brentford and the GU/Regents etc instead? This NTM is now current. The bridge is basically open as normal, until and unless it is closed! http://www.pla.co.uk/assets/u4of2021-barnelmsreachupper-hammersmithbridge.pdf Please note that at the moment downstream passage to Limehouse is very difficult, due to a limited operating window at Limehouse (roughly HW-2 to HW+2). The situation may improve between now and June. https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices/21465-limehouse-lock-limehouse-london 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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