The old coatings have been removed and the Blast Primer applied. Work on applying the High Build Aluminium Primer gets underway on Span 5. Southwark Bridge, looking south   High build Aluminium being applied to the underside of the bridge   High Build Aluminium Primer being applied to the underside of Southwark Bridge   High Build Aluminium Primer being applied to the underside of Southwark Bridge... 

In May, 1811, a Bill was passed for the erection of a new bridge to cross the Thames about a quarter of a mile west of London Bridge, and to be known as Southwark Bridge. The work was undertaken by a private company, and the cost stated to have been about £800,000, though it would appear from contemporary records to have been considerably less. The architect, John Rennie, F.R.S. (who afterwards built...