http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk Linking Southwark and the City of London across the River Thames Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:16:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/restoration-of-southwark-bridge-completed.htm http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/restoration-of-southwark-bridge-completed.htm#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:16:45 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=588 After three years of grit-blasting, scaffolding and polyethylene wraps, Southwark Bridge has been returned to its original bright colours of green and yellow. More than 1,000 tonnes of expandable abrasive was used to blast South Bridge back to its bare metal framework, before being repainted using some 13,000 litres of paint. You can find more images of [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/restoration-of-southwark-bridge-completed.htm/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/scaffolding-on-span-4-of-southwark-bridge.htm http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/scaffolding-on-span-4-of-southwark-bridge.htm#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 08:19:38 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=514 Industrial painting contractors continue to erect scaffolding around Span 4 on Southwark Bridge. The whole section will be encapsulated with polythene wraps to catch old paintwork as it falls, protecting Thames river life. ]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/scaffolding-on-span-4-of-southwark-bridge.htm/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/polythene-wraps-on-southwark-bridge.htm http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/polythene-wraps-on-southwark-bridge.htm#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:37:47 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=408 Polythene wraps have now been applied to the east and west sides of Span 2. The generators and compressors have been delivered at Southwark Bridge and work on grit blasting the underside will begin shortly. ]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/polythene-wraps-on-southwark-bridge.htm/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/the-millennium-bridge.htm http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/the-millennium-bridge.htm#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:43:03 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=323 In 1996 Southwark Council in conjunction with the Financial Times and the Royal Institute of British Architects organized a competition for the design of a new bridge across the Thames. The event was won by the dazzling “blade of light” design envisioned by Arup (engineers), Foster and Partners (architects) and Sir Anthony Caro (sculptor), and [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/the-millennium-bridge.htm/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/old-southwark-bridge.htm http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/old-southwark-bridge.htm#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:01:54 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=214 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 [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/history/old-southwark-bridge.htm/feed 1