The Golden Jubilee & Hungerford Bridges
Hungerford Opened: 1864
Designed By: Sir John Hawkshaw
Connects: The City of Westminster (North) with Lambeth (South) – and Charing Cross railway station with Waterloo.
Did You Know…?: Named for the Hungerford Market that stood on the north side of the Thames in the 19th Century. In 1951 a temporary army Bailey Bridge was added on the upstream side to allow pedestrian access to the Festival of Britain. The downstream side accommodated a pedestrian walkway until being replaced by…
The Golden Jubilee Bridges
Opened: 2003
Designed By: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
History: The new pedestrian bridges encountered a number of structural challenges between 1996 and 2003 – the Hungerford Bridge needed to remain open to trains; disturbance to the Bakerloo Line tunnel beneath the Thames also had to be avoided; and the potential danger of any unexploded WWII bombs that may have been buried in the riverbed.
Famous Friends: The Hungerford Bridge was never the most picturesque – and is certainly more photogenic with the addition of the Golden Jubilee Bridges. But the old bridge can be glimpsed in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994).
London Walks By The Bridges: The Somewhere Else London Walk crosses the bridge every Saturday and Tuesday.
