Editing Hammersmith Bridge (section)

=== 1880s construction ===

[[File:Joseph Bazalgette by Lock & Whitfield.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Joseph Bazalgette]] designed the bridge.]]

The current Hammersmith Bridge was designed by Sir [[Joseph Bazalgette]] and rests on the same pier foundations constructed for Tierney Clark's original structure. As built, the carriageway was 27 feet 2 inches wide, narrowing to 19 feet 9 inches between the towers, with two footways of 5 feet 10 inches. The maximum headway above high water was 15 feet 1 inch<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Report of the Royal Commission on Cross-River Traffic in London |collaboration=Royal Commission on Cross-River Traffic in London |date=1926 |publisher=HMSO |year=1926 |location=London |pages=54}}</ref>.

The new bridge was built by Dixon, Appleby & Thorne and was opened by the [[Edward VII|Prince of Wales]] on 11 June 1887.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thames.me.uk/s00240.htm |title=Where Thames Smooth Waters Glide}}</ref> With much of the supporting structure built of [[wrought iron]], it is {{convert|700|ft}} long and {{convert|43|ft}} wide and cost £82,117 to build (equivalent to £{{inflation|UK|0.082117|start_year=1887|r=1}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|UK}}).{{Inflation/fn|UK}} With the abolition of the Metropolitan Board of Works on 21 March 1889, ownership of Hammersmith Bridge passed to the new [[London County Council]].<ref name="lbhftimeline" />