Hungerford Bridge millennium project—London

Abstract

The £50 million Hungerford Bridge millennium project in London provides two stunning new cable-stayed footbridges across the Thames, one on each side of Charing Cross railway bridge. Effectively it recreates Brunel's 1846 suspension footbridge to Hungerford market, the piers of which remain in the railway bridge structure. Heightened fears over unexploded bombs in the river bed led to a major redesign just after work started but a switch to the NEC contract helped ensure a smooth completion.