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Hammersmith Flyover 09:02 - Oct 9 with 11712 viewscolinallcars

Plans to demolish it and replace it with a tunnel which it should have been in the first place.
I think the traffic may be rather rather heavy during construction. (ahem).
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Hammersmith Flyover on 09:06 - Oct 9 with 7865 viewsTheChef

As long as they keep the rollercoaster over Hogarth roundabout!

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Hammersmith Flyover on 09:12 - Oct 9 with 7813 viewsDannyPaddox

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Hammersmith Flyover on 09:25 - Oct 9 with 7696 viewsstowmarketrange

Hearing her name always reminds me of that Derek & Clive sketch about their worst job.If you know,you know.
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Hammersmith Flyover on 09:29 - Oct 9 with 7644 viewsHAMRanger

A great bridge!
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Hammersmith Flyover on 09:31 - Oct 9 with 7626 viewsTheChef

Superb

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Hammersmith Flyover on 09:39 - Oct 9 with 7559 viewscolinallcars

Hope they'll rebuild the Six Bells pub
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Hammersmith Flyover on 09:56 - Oct 9 with 7443 viewsTheChef

Although back to the OP - why? Is the flyover structurally unsound?

Seems like a whole load of faff otherwise.

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Hammersmith Flyover on 10:06 - Oct 9 with 7346 viewscolinallcars

Well, if and it's a very big if, it goes ahead the idea is to restore the original Hammersmith street patterns. For example, the broadway used to be two-way.
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Hammersmith Flyover on 10:20 - Oct 9 with 7277 viewsTrellick

Get Hammersmith bridge fixed and open first. That will prevent millions of car journeys going the "long way round" over the Thames and polluting west London
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Hammersmith Flyover on 10:22 - Oct 9 with 7267 viewsKensalT

It's a proposal in a 15-year Local Plan that the council hopes to have adopted by 2027:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24r0z812zno

So even if it gets adopted it's probably at least a decade away.

The key line is probably:

"dubbed a "flyunder", would release land for development"

So the lost Victorian street plan would be replaced by blocks of flats!

I have no idea how much a tunnel would cost but they're not cheap. It would probably need significant redevelopment of Hammersmith to help pay for it.

And shouldn't they sort out the bridge first!?

For anyone who lives in the borough and is interested in the 15 year plan there's more information here:

https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/planning/planning-policy/local-plan

PS:

Having taken a quick glance at the plan it seems to also include the Broadway Centre in the proposed redevelopment:

"Hammersmith Flyover, A4 and adjoining land (HRA3) - to include A4 land running from Colet Gardens in the east to the Cromwell avenue underpass in the west. Includes the Hammersmith Gyratory, the Broadway Centre, the area south of Black’s Road to Hammersmith Bridge Road, the British Transport Police Station and adjacent land to the east on Talgarth Road, the Ark and West London Magistrates Court. "
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Hammersmith Flyover on 10:23 - Oct 9 with 7250 viewsTheChef

Er yeah, you'd think river crossings would be a priority...

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Hammersmith Flyover on 10:25 - Oct 9 with 7236 viewsqpr_1968

dig down........ahh, of course.

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Hammersmith Flyover on 10:29 - Oct 9 with 7221 viewsPindarus

Would there be space for a new stadium?
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Hammersmith Flyover on 11:17 - Oct 9 with 7034 viewswombat

gonna be some intresting finds if they do knock it down in the foundations thats for sure lol rumours were loats of lets say not suitable foundations under there from back in the day

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Hammersmith Flyover on 11:19 - Oct 9 with 7019 viewsNorthernr

It's been on the verge of falling down for ages hasn't it?
Plus it's fcking horrible.
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Hammersmith Flyover on 11:20 - Oct 9 with 6995 viewsCamberleyR

Lobsterissimus Bumikissimus

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Hammersmith Flyover on 11:35 - Oct 9 with 6910 views222gers

It has underroad heating to keep it open in freezing conditions although it's never worked properly.
Whether we'll ever get another freezing winter of course is subject to speculation.
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Hammersmith Flyover on 11:45 - Oct 9 with 6861 viewsTheChef

Did look a lot better with Jayne Mansfield on it, to be fair,

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Hammersmith Flyover on 12:05 - Oct 9 with 6753 viewscolinallcars

That was the Hogarth “overpass” which looks as if it's built from odds and ends from the local scrapyard. My dad told me the army built it in 1956 but I think he was having me on.
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Hammersmith Flyover on 12:25 - Oct 9 with 6652 views81A

Over here in the east we have Gallows Corner flyover that has been shut since June for replacement. Was supposed to be reopened by the end of September, currently TfL declining to name a revised date. Traffic is completely Horlicksed most of the day. And this is just for a like for like Meccano style ramp replacement. Shamefully mis-managed project, it's only a few drainage pipes and erection (phner) of a pre-built kit of parts.
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Hammersmith Flyover on 12:33 - Oct 9 with 6604 viewsTheChef

As far as I can tell a lot of these projects are done (or rather not done) just to create horrendous traffic and p1ss people off.

It's almost like TfL/councils feed off the negative energy.




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Hammersmith Flyover on 12:35 - Oct 9 with 6587 viewsPlanetHonneywood

I'm going to come right out and say it: If it happens, it will come in late and over budget, with the delay/over-spend being blamed on skylarks!

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Hammersmith Flyover on 12:40 - Oct 9 with 6548 viewsTheChef

Surely not!!

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Hammersmith Flyover on 12:50 - Oct 9 with 6451 viewsstevec

That sounds like common sense. Not that you’ll get any sane thinking from the brain dead morons involved in the infrastructure of this part of London.

Drove the 17 miles from Epsom to the Hogarth roundabout in 45 minutes last week, completed the final 3 miles to Park Royal in another 45 minutes. West London is a complete fck up.

As said above it feels like we’re being overseen by aliens determined to bring mankind to its knees.
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Hammersmith Flyover on 13:00 - Oct 9 with 6412 viewsnick_hammersmith

"Temporary" structure opened the year I was born!!
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