Painting Blackfriars Bridge
It looks like Blackfriars Bridge is being repainted.
It certainly looks like it needs a repaint.
Walking Between Blackfriars And Hungerford Railway Bridges
These pictures were taken as I walked between Blackfriars and Hungerford railway bridges.
I was walking along the South Bank of the Thames.
The Bridges At Blackfriars
There are actually three bridges at Blackfriars; a road bridge, a rail bridge with a station on top and between them the remains of an older rail bridge. This Google Earth image shows the three bridges.
Blackfriars Bridges
From the East or right, they are in order.
1. This is the newer Blackfriars railway bridge, with its station, covered in a solar room, on top.
2. The pairs of dots beside the station are the columns of the older Blackfriars railway bridge, which has been demolished.
3. This is the Blackfriars Bridge.
These pictures were taken as I walked past the bridges from east to west.
Note how the two bridges in use are impressive structures.
I’ve often thought that the redundant piers must have a sensible use. But what?
Thames Tideway Tunnel – Preparatory Works At Blackfriars Bridge
As I walked along the river from Cannon Street, I noticed what looked like a small oil rig in the middle of the Thames.
t is actually a secondary site that is being used to develop a new Millenium Pier as the old one is in the way of construction works for the new Thames Tideway Tunnel at Blackfriars.
It was good to see that they are putting up pictures of what they are doing.
This picture clipped from this page on the tunnel website, shows an impression of what the completed works will look like.
Tideway Tunnel At Blackfriars
Blackfiars Bridge leads off over the river at the top right of this image.
When completed there will be a public space with shops and a cafe.
The web site for the Thames Tideway Tunnel is impressive.
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