List of bridges in London
Introduction A view of bridges in the City of London, looking westwards (upstream): Tower Bridge to Westminster Bridge'''List of bridges in London''' lists the major bridges within Greater London or within the influence of London. Most of these are river crossings, and the best-known are those across the River Thames. Several bridges on other rivers have given their names to areas of London, particularly where the whole river has become subterranean. Other bridges are high level road or rail crossings across other streets.
River crossings === River Thames===Bridges over the River Thames, listed in order travelling from East to West. Multiple values in "Dates opened" pertain to earlier bridges at the site of the current structure. Portrait  Name  Type  Dates opened  North Bank  South Bank  Maintained by 200px  Tower Bridge  Combination bascule / suspension  1894  Tower Hamlets  Southwark  Bridge House Estates 200px  London Bridge  Box girder  50 AD120918311973  City of London: Monument  Southwark  Bridge House Estates 200px  Cannon Street Railway Bridge  Beam  1866  City of London: Cannon Street  Southwark  Network Rail 200px  Southwark Bridge  Arch  1819  1921  City of London: Queen Street  Southwark: Bankside  Bridge House Estates 200px  Millennium Bridge  Suspension  2002  City of London: Queenhithe  Southwark: Bankside  Bridge House Estates 200px  Blackfriars Railway Bridge  Arch  18641886  City of London: Blackfriars  Southwark  Network Rail 200px  Blackfriars Bridge  Arch  1769  1869  City of London: Blackfriars  Southwark  Bridge House Estates 200px  Waterloo Bridge  Box girder  1817  1945  Westminster  Lambeth: South Bank  Transport for London200px  Hungerford Bridge Lattice truss  1864  Westminster  Lambeth: South Bank  Network RailGolden Jubilee Bridges  Suspension  2002 200px  Westminster Bridge  Arch  1750  1862  Westminster  Lambeth: South Bank  Transport for London 200px  Lambeth Bridge  Arch  18621932  Westminster  Lambeth  Transport for London 200px  Vauxhall Bridge  Arch  1816  1906  Westminster: Pimlico  Lambeth: Vauxhall  Transport for London 200px  Grosvenor Bridge  Arch  1859  Westminster  Wandsworth  Network Rail 200px  Chelsea Bridge  Suspension  18581937  Kensington and Chelsea: Chelsea  Wandsworth: Battersea  Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council 200px  Albert Bridge  Combined Ordish–Lefeuvre / suspension / beam  1873  Kensington and Chelsea: Chelsea  Wandsworth: Battersea  Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council 200px  Battersea Bridge  Arch  1771  1890  Kensington and Chelsea: Chelsea  Wandsworth: Battersea  Transport for London 200px  Battersea Railway Bridge  Arch  1863  Hammersmith and Fulham: Imperial Wharf  Wandsworth: Clapham Junction  Network Rail 200px  Wandsworth Bridge  Cantilever  18731938  Hammersmith and Fulham: Fulham  Wandsworth: Wandsworth  Wandsworth London Borough Council 200px  Fulham Railway Bridge and Footbridge  Lattice girder  1889  Hammersmith and Fulham: Putney Bridge  Wandsworth: East Putney  Network Rail 200px  Putney Bridge  Arch  17291886  Hammersmith and Fulham: Fulham  Wandsworth: Putney  Wandsworth London Borough Council 200px  Hammersmith Bridge  Suspension  1827  1887  Hammersmith and Fulham: Hammersmith  Richmond upon Thames: Castelnau  Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council 200px  Barnes Railway Bridge and Footbridge  Truss arch  1849  Hounslow: Chiswick  Richmond upon Thames: Barnes  Network Rail 200px  Chiswick Bridge  Deck arch  1933  Hounslow: Chiswick  Richmond upon Thames: Mortlake  Transport for London 200px  Kew Railway Bridge  Lattice truss  1869  Hounslow: Gunnersbury  Richmond upon Thames: Kew Gardens  Network Rail 200px  Kew Bridge  Arch  1759  1789  1903  Hounslow: Brentford  Richmond upon Thames: Kew  Transport for London 200px  Richmond Lock and Footbridge  Arch  1894  Richmond upon Thames: St Margarets  Richmond upon Thames: Richmond  Port of London Authority 200px  Twickenham Bridge  Arch  1933  Richmond upon Thames: St Margarets  Richmond upon Thames: Richmond  Transport for London 200px  Richmond Railway Bridge  Truss arch  1848  Richmond upon Thames: St Margarets  Richmond upon Thames: Richmond  Network Rail 200px  Richmond Bridge  Arch 1777  Richmond upon Thames: St Margarets  Richmond upon Thames: Richmond  Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council 200px  Teddington Lock Footbridges  Girder (Eastern)Suspension (Western)  1889  Richmond upon Thames: Teddington  Richmond upon Thames: Ham  Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council 200px  Kingston Railway Bridge  Arch  1863  Richmond upon Thames: Hampton Wick  Kingston upon Thames: Kingston  Network Rail 200px  Kingston Bridge  Arch  11901828  Richmond upon Thames: Hampton Wick  Kingston upon Thames: Kingston upon Thames  Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council 200px  Hampton Court Bridge  Arch  1753177818651933  Richmond upon Thames: Hampton Court Palace  Surrey: East Molesey  Surrey County Council===River Lea===*Lea Bridge*Lower Lea Crossing===Subterranean rivers===*Knightsbridge across the River Westbourne*Stamford Bridge across Counter's Creek===Canals and docks===*Merchant Square Footbridge*The Rolling Bridge*Royal Victoria Dock Bridge
Road and foot bridges The Holborn Viaduct, 2005*Archway, London*Bishop's Bridge*Croydon Flyover*Hammersmith Flyover*Holborn Viaduct across Fleet River*Three Bridges*White Horse Bridge
Railway bridges *Arnos Park Viaduct*Dollis Brook Viaduct*Kingsland Viaduct*Wharncliffe Viaduct
The Illuminated River In 2016 an international competition was launched to design a public artwork in Central London across 15 bridges on the River Thames, from Tower Bridge to Albert Bridge, with a minimum lifespan of 10 years.A design by American artist Leo Villareal in collaboration with British architects Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands was selected from 105 entries by an independent competition jury in November 2016.This will be one of the UK's largest ever public art commissions. The first phase - Southwark Bridge, Millennium Bridge, London Bridge and Cannon Street Bridge - was switched on in July 2019.The Illuminated River artwork was completed in April 2021 with the illumination of Blackfriars Bridge, Waterloo Bridge, Golden Jubilee Footbridges, Westminster Bridge and Lambeth Bridge. The artwork employs LED light fittings, replacing less efficient forms of lighting in places. The installation’s colour scheme is in part influenced by famous paintings of the Thames, as noted by The Times: “The colours and tones used in the paintings of those inveterate Thames-watchers Monet, Whistler and Turner provide some of the inspiration, while at Westminster bridge a shade of green was chosen to complement the colour of the leather upholstery in the House of Commons”. An article in The Guardian stated: "The project... has been much trickier and taken longer to realise than anticipated." A three-part Channel 4 documentary, which started in July 2019, covered the project up to the end of the first phase.
See also *Tideway*List of crossings of the River Thames*Tunnels underneath the River Thames
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