Putney Bridge

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Putney Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames in London. It connects the district of Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham on the north side with the Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth on the south side. The existing concrete and clad with granite bridge is 213.36 m (700 ft. ) long and 13.11 m (43 ft. ) wide, also leads the main road A219.

History

The bridge's construction was approved by parliament in 1726, despite strong opposition from the ferrymen and the Corporation of London, which feared a reduction in the attractiveness of London Bridge. Construction began in March 1729 and the bridge was opened in November of the same year. Designed by the architect Sir Jacob Ackworth wooden bridge was built under the direction of the carpenter Thomas Philipps. The use of the bridge was a toll road, at both ends of the bridge were toll booths.

In October 1795, the writer Mary Wollstonecraft tried to take his life by jumping into the river. William Turner created a painting of the bridge as the main subject. Since 1845 begins at the Putney Bridge the Boat Race, the traditional duel of the rowing teams from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

1870 taught at a barge significant property damage when he collided with the bridge and the three pillars brought almost to collapse. This event led to the planning of a new building. The Metropolitan Board of Works acquired the bridge in 1879, abolished in 1880, the toll from and instructed Joseph Bazalgette to the line of the work; the cost was around £ 240,000. On May 29, 1886 was officially opened by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII and his wife Alexandra.