https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/tag/hammersmith-bridge/ Working to preserve and enhance our architecture and urban environment since 1962 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:52:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cropped-hammersmith-society_founded1962.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/tag/hammersmith-bridge/ 32 32 141086131 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/hammersmith-bridge-update-12/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:11:24 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=36231 This is our twelfth update since 2019 closure to motorised transport.  The last time we reported on the bridge was nearly three years ago, when boreholes were being drilled to assess the strength of the river bed as part of preparation for straightening and potentially enacting the Foster-Cowi proposal.  Since then, the cracked pedestals have]]> 36231 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/annual-report-2024-2025/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:40:34 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=35732 Attached is this year’s Annual Report, reviewing the key activities of the Society, and at least three local megaprojects, this year also providing a reflection on the outgoing chairman’s three year term. Subjects include: The changing face of Hammersmith Projects in development  Local Plan Hammersmith Bridge Committee members Reflections on Chairmanship 2022-2025 The agenda, accounts]]> 35732 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/annual-report-2023-2024/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:25:24 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=33077 Attached is this year’s Chairman’s Annual Report, reviewing the key activities of the Society, plus a look at emerging trends in Hammersmith. Subjects include: Royal Masonic Hospital Earls Court Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) 181 Talgarth Road, M&S & 2 Queen Caroline St. Town Centre Masterplan / SPD Transport Hammersmith Bridge Roundabout consultations The Society Prof.]]> 33077 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/hammersmith-bridge-update-11/ Sun, 08 Oct 2023 19:21:51 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=31553 You’ll probably have noticed a drilling rig in the river adjacent to the bridge in recent weeks. We understand that in addition to geotechnical bores through the main piers, the rig is in the river to drill bores to investigate the riverbed strata to understand just how strong it is, if and when the Foster-COWI]]> 31553 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/hammersmith-bridge-update-10/ Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:35:35 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=29745 In the last week there have been well-publicised consultation meetings either side of the river, covering the repair and refurbishment of the bridge together with proposed Foster/COWI temporary bridge. Below are photos of the models of the proposals, but there’s one further public exhibition in Barnes this Saturday – details in the diary We’re delighted]]> 29745 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/hammersmith-bridge-update-9/ Tue, 15 Nov 2022 21:59:39 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=28581 New Civil Engineer recently reported that the bridge stabilisation has progressed and that specialist concrete has been poured into the cast iron pedestals to prevent them collapsing.  This means that the bridge is safer for the next stage of repair, which we mentioned in the last email. The stabilisation works are scheduled to complete by]]> 28581 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/hammersmith-bridge-update-8/ Tue, 05 Jul 2022 09:59:32 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=27543 When we last reported on the bridge, the stabilisation works were just about to start. Since then, the council’s contractors have built the ramps to take pedestrians away from the works on the pedestals, and have dismantled the outer casings, completely exposing the troublesome cast iron pedestals for the first time in 135 years, as]]> 27543 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/hammersmith-bridge-update-7/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:47:14 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=25985 It’s been a relatively quiet six months at the bridge since we last reported on it.  LBHF announced the award of a 9-month stabilisation contract to deal with cracks in the cast-iron pedestals, at a cost of £8.9m, and there’s been some to-ing and fro-ing on who’ll pay (finally equally split LBHF, TfL, DfT), setting]]> 25985