Engineering Timelines - maps showing the bridges of London

W H A T D I F F E R E N C E ?

The story of London is the story of its infrastructure and the bridges over the River Thames are a key part of that story. Find out the reasons for their construction and the difference they made to the city.

> List all bridges in London

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BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

in Greater London

opening dates

before 1065

Roman bridge ... 50 BC

1066 - 1728

Old London Bridge ... 1209

1729 - 1799

Old Putney Bridge ... 1729
Old Westminster Bridge ... 1750
Old Blackfriars Bridge ... 1769
Old Battersea Bridge ... 1772
Richmond Bridge ... 1777

1800 - 1849

Old Vauxhall Bridge ... 1816
Old Waterloo Bridge ... 1817
Old Southwark Bridge ... 1819
Hammersmith Suspension ... 1827
Kingston Bridge ... 1828
London Bridge (Rennie) ... 1831
Hungerford Suspension Bridge ... 1845
Barnes Rail Bridge ... 1849

1850 - 1899

Old Chelsea Bridge ... 1858
Victoria Bridge ... 1860
Westminster Bridge ... 1862
Old Lambeth Bridge ... 1862
Battersea Railway Bridge ... 1863
Blackfriars Rail Bridge (first) ... 1864
Charing Cross Rail Bridge ... 1864
Old Hampton Court Bridge ... 1865
Cannon Street Rail Bridge ... 1866
Blackfriars Bridge ... 1869
Kew Railway Bridge ... 1869
Old Wandsworth Bridge ... 1873
Albert Bridge ... 1873
Putney Bridge ... 1886
Blackfriars Rail Bridge (second) ... 1886
Hammersmith Bridge ... 1887
Putney Railway Bridge ... 1889
Battersea Bridge ... 1890
Richmond Lock footbridges ... 1894
Tower Bridge ... 1894

1900 - 1949

Kew Bridge ... 1903
Vauxhall Bridge ... 1906
Richmond Railway Bridge ... 1908
Southwark Bridge ... 1921
Hampton Court Bridge ... 1931
Lambeth Bridge ... 1932
Chiswick Bridge ... 1933
Twickenham Bridge ... 1933
Chelsea Bridge ... 1937
Wandsworth Bridge ... 1940
Waterloo Bridge ... 1942

1950 - 1999

Grosvenor Rail Bridge ... 1967
London Bridge ... 1972
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge ... 1991

2000 onwards

Millennium Footbridge ... 2002
Hungerford Footbridge ... 2003