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I can see getting caught out on this in a pub quiz as a bridge 'over' but not 'across' the Thames, I guess.
I had no idea this was coming, and quite like it!
It's a wonderful local improvement. The sort of thing there often seems to be the money for on the continent but not in the UK. The second time I used it, I got the chance to look at the underneath of a passing train which somehow added to the fun of it.
Excellent, and just in time for me reaching that part of the Thames Path next month!
The Hounslow Council press releases from as recently as last July call it a route for cycling (because why wouldn't it be) but Mr Visits says cycling is banned to save costs.

So they've engineered in decades of future conflict and tutting to save a couple of quid. I love the way we do infrastructure in this country.
Living in Hammersmith, this is more local for me, and went out and saw it last weekend. It does look flash, and also is much nicer than the detour along cracked pavements on one leg, and mud covered road on the other. It will be very useful for locals.
A very worthwhile improvement. The "over water" sections of the River Lea Path under the Bow Roundabout and near Bow Locks have similarly helped fill in missing gaps.
I certainly hope that they have computer modelled the stress load of full shoulder to shoulder occupancy for river events. (There have been issues in the past where this wasn't considered in designs with fatal results, most famously inside a hotel atrium in the US about 30-40 years ago)
MilesT - I share your hope, but the Kansas City collapse was caused by a construction error, which led to the structure collapsing under much less than the designed loading.
As an armchair explorer I wanted to see what Streetview images there were. None yet of the new bridge of course, but some excellent 360° views of the foreshore, taken 4 years ago by Uy Hoang.
Certainly useful for anyone going the the Barnes Hockey Club pitch at Dike’s Meadow having got off at Barnes Bridge station.
It certainly looks great! I wonder if the three slanting brackets underneath Barnes Bridge provide additional lighting to supplement the "built-in lamps" in that location.
Those are actually new plastic drainpipes diverting rainwater from the train tracks. I've yet to see it after dark so can't say how much light there is.
I spotted the works for this happening whilst canoeing past last year. At one point they closed the arch nearest to the work. Apparently some Thames by-law required them to show it was closed to water traffic by dangling a bundle of straw (together with a light) from the scaffolding to show reduced height.










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