Topic: | Hammersmith Bridge won't be fully open until 2026 | |
Posted by: | John Cameron | |
Date/Time: | 29/10/20 18:53:00 |
The Genoa viaduct collapsed in August 2018, the remains of the original bridge were demolished in August 2019. The replacement, designed by Renzo (The Shard) Piano, was inaugurated in August 2020, at a cost of some 200m euro. The wonderful Millau viaduct in France was partly designed by Norman Foster and took 3 years to construct, cost 400m. Restoring a bridge which is fundamentally past it's use by date will take 6 years and is likely to cost well over £100m. Perhaps the task force could ask Renzo or Norman to suggest as to how they would tackle it? |