Chiswick Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 51°28′23″N 0°16′11″W / 51.47306°N 0.26972°W |
| Carries | A316 road |
| Crosses | River Thames |
| Locale | Mortlake and Chiswick |
| Maintained by | Transport for London |
| Preceded by | Kew Railway Bridge |
| Followed by | Barnes Railway Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Deck arch bridge |
| Material | Reinforced concrete, Portland stone |
| Total length | 606 feet (185 m) |
| Width | 70 feet (21 m) |
| Longest span | 150 feet (46 m) |
| No. of spans | 5 |
| Piers in water | 2 |
| Clearance below | 39 feet (12 m) at lowest astronomical tide[1] |
| History | |
| Designer | Sir Herbert Baker and Alfred Dryland |
| Constructed by | Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company |
| Opened | 3 July 1933 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 39,710 vehicles (2004)[2] |
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Chiswick Bridge is a reinforced concrete deck arch bridge over the River Thames in West London. It is one of three bridges opened in 1933 as part of an ambitious scheme to relieve traffic congestion west of London. The structure carries the A316 road between Chiswick on the north bank of the Thames and Mortlake on the south bank.
The bridge is built on the site of a former ferry. It is 606 feet (185 m) long and faced with 3,400 tons of Portland stone. When the 150-foot (46 m) central span opened it was the longest concrete span over the Thames. The bridge is well known for its proximity to the end of The Championship Course, the stretch of the Thames used for the Boat Race and other rowing events.
- ^ Thames Bridges Heights, Port of London Authority, archived from the original on 20 July 2011, retrieved 25 May 2009
- ^ Cookson 2006, p. 316