Hampton Court Bridge

1933.

1869 'HAMPTON COURT BRIDGE. The new bridge at Hampton Court, lately completed and opened for traffic, is the property of Mr. Thomas Newland Allen, having been erected at his expense, from designs prepared by the engineer, Mr. E. T. Murray, Westminster Chambers, by the contractors, Messrs. Hennett, Spink, and Else, of Bridgewater. Its architectural style is in harmony with the Tudor portion of the neighbouring palace, and the bridge has been ornamented with mouldings similar to those on that part of the palace. There are five spans, increasing from 66 ft. at the sides to 76 ft. in the centre, the width of the roadway being 26 ft. The foundations of the bridge consist of cast-iron cylinders, sunk without atmospheric pressure about 16 ft. below the bed of the river, or 10 ft. into the solid London clay. The arches are lattice girders of wrought iron. The length of the bridge between the abutments is 370 ft., but the total length of new road and raised approaches is 547 ft. The total weight of wrought iron used was 286 tons, and there were 140 tons of cast iron, of which about ninety-two tons were in the cylinders. The total cost of the bridge was only £11,176, including the approaches, new toll-house, and toll-gates. The cost of the bridge between the abutments was £9709 — rather more than £26 per foot run, or about £1 per superficial foot.'

This bridge was replaced at some point - to be investigated.

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