List of bridges in London lists the major bridges within Greater London or within the influence of London. Most of these are river crossings, and the best-known are those across the River Thames. Several bridges on other rivers have given their names to areas of London, particularly where the whole river has become subterranean. Other bridges are high level road or rail crossings across other streets.
Bridges over the River Thames, listed in order travelling from East to West. Multiple values in "Dates opened" pertain to earlier bridges at the site of the current structure.
| Portrait | Name | Type | Dates opened | North Bank | South Bank | Maintained by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Tower Bridge | Combination bascule / suspension | 1894 | Tower Hamlets | Southwark | Bridge House Estates |
 | London Bridge | Box girder | 50 AD 1209 1831 1973 | City of London: Monument | Southwark | Bridge House Estates |
 | Cannon Street Railway Bridge | Beam | 1866 | City of London: Cannon Street | Southwark | Network Rail |
 | Southwark Bridge | Arch | 1819 1921 | City of London: Queen Street | Southwark: Bankside | Bridge House Estates |
 | Millennium Bridge | Suspension | 2002 | City of London: Queenhithe | Southwark: Bankside | Bridge House Estates |
 | Blackfriars Railway Bridge | Arch | 1864 1886 | City of London: Blackfriars | Southwark | Network Rail |
 | Blackfriars Bridge | Arch | 1769 1869 | City of London: Blackfriars | Southwark | Bridge House Estates |
 | Waterloo Bridge | Box girder | 1817 1945 | Westminster | Lambeth: South Bank | Transport for London |
 | Hungerford Bridge | Lattice truss | 1864 | Westminster | Lambeth: South Bank | Network Rail |
| Golden Jubilee Bridges | Suspension | 2002 | ||||
 | Westminster Bridge | Arch | 1750 1862 | Westminster | Lambeth: South Bank | Transport for London |
 | Lambeth Bridge | Arch | 1862 1932 | Westminster | Lambeth | Transport for London |
 | Vauxhall Bridge | Arch | 1816 1906 | Westminster: Pimlico | Lambeth: Vauxhall | Transport for London |
 | Grosvenor Bridge | Arch | 1859 | Westminster | Wandsworth | Network Rail |
 | Chelsea Bridge | Suspension | 1858 1937 | Kensington and Chelsea: Chelsea | Wandsworth: Battersea | Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council |
 | Albert Bridge | Combined Ordish–Lefeuvre / suspension / beam | 1873 | Kensington and Chelsea: Chelsea | Wandsworth: Battersea | Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council |
 | Battersea Bridge | Arch | 1771 1890 | Kensington and Chelsea: Chelsea | Wandsworth: Battersea | Transport for London |
 | Battersea Railway Bridge | Arch | 1863 | Hammersmith and Fulham: Imperial Wharf | Wandsworth: Clapham Junction | Network Rail |
 | Wandsworth Bridge | Cantilever | 1873 1938 | Hammersmith and Fulham: Fulham | Wandsworth: Wandsworth | Wandsworth London Borough Council |
 | Fulham Railway Bridge and Footbridge | Lattice girder | 1889 | Hammersmith and Fulham: Putney Bridge | Wandsworth: East Putney | Network Rail |
 | Putney Bridge | Arch | 1729 1886 | Hammersmith and Fulham: Fulham | Wandsworth: Putney | Wandsworth London Borough Council |
 | Hammersmith Bridge | Suspension | 1827 1887 | Hammersmith and Fulham: Hammersmith | Richmond upon Thames: Castelnau | Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council |
 | Barnes Railway Bridge and Footbridge | Truss arch | 1849 | Hounslow: Chiswick | Richmond upon Thames: Barnes | Network Rail |
 | Chiswick Bridge | Deck arch | 1933 | Hounslow: Chiswick | Richmond upon Thames: Mortlake | Transport for London |
 | Kew Railway Bridge | Lattice truss | 1869 | Hounslow: Gunnersbury | Richmond upon Thames: Kew Gardens | Network Rail |
 | Kew Bridge | Arch | 1759 1789 1903 | Hounslow: Brentford | Richmond upon Thames: Kew | Transport for London |
 | Richmond Lock and Footbridge | Arch | 1894 | Richmond upon Thames: St Margarets | Richmond upon Thames: Richmond | Port of London Authority |
 | Twickenham Bridge | Arch | 1933 | Richmond upon Thames: St Margarets | Richmond upon Thames: Richmond | Transport for London |
 | Richmond Railway Bridge | Truss arch | 1848 | Richmond upon Thames: St Margarets | Richmond upon Thames: Richmond | Network Rail |
 | Richmond Bridge | Arch | 1777 | Richmond upon Thames: St Margarets | Richmond upon Thames: Richmond | Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council |
 | Teddington Lock Footbridges | Girder (Eastern) Suspension (Western) | 1889 | Richmond upon Thames: Teddington | Richmond upon Thames: Ham | Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council |
 | Kingston Railway Bridge | Arch | 1863 | Richmond upon Thames: Hampton Wick | Kingston upon Thames: Kingston | Network Rail |
 | Kingston Bridge | Arch | 1190 1828 | Richmond upon Thames: Hampton Wick | Kingston upon Thames: Kingston upon Thames | Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council |
 | Hampton Court Bridge | Arch | 1753 1778 1865 1933 | Richmond upon Thames: Hampton Court Palace | Surrey: East Molesey | Surrey County Council |
In 2016 an international competition was launched to design a public artwork in Central London across 15 bridges on the River Thames, from Tower Bridge to Albert Bridge, with a minimum lifespan of 10 years. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] A design by American artist Leo Villareal in collaboration with British architects Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands was selected from 105 entries by an independent competition jury in November 2016. This will be one of the UK's largest ever public art commissions. [6] [7]
The first phase - Southwark Bridge, Millennium Bridge, London Bridge and Cannon Street Bridge - was switched on in July 2019. The Illuminated River artwork was completed in April 2021 with the illumination of Blackfriars Bridge, Waterloo Bridge, Golden Jubilee Footbridges, Westminster Bridge and Lambeth Bridge. [8] The artwork employs LED light fittings, replacing less efficient forms of lighting in places. [9] [10] [11] [12]
The installation’s colour scheme is in part influenced by famous paintings of the Thames, as noted by The Times: “The colours and tones used in the paintings of those inveterate Thames-watchers Monet, Whistler and Turner provide some of the inspiration, while at Westminster [bridge] a shade of green was chosen to complement the colour of the leather upholstery in the House of Commons”. [13] An article in The Guardian stated: "The project... has been much trickier and taken longer to realise than anticipated." [14] A three-part Channel 4 documentary, which started in July 2019, [15] covered the project up to the end of the first phase. [16]
The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215 miles (346 km), it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust founded in 1282. The bridge was constructed to give better access to the East End of London, which had expanded its commercial potential in the 19th century. The bridge was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales in 1894.
The River Medway is a river in South East England. It rises in the High Weald, East Sussex and flows through Tonbridge, Maidstone and the Medway conurbation in Kent, before emptying into the Thames Estuary near Sheerness, a total distance of 70 miles (113 km). About 13 miles (21 km) of the river lies in East Sussex, with the remainder being in Kent.
Hammersmith Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the River Thames in west London. It links the southern part of Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, on the north side of the river, and Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, on the south side of the river. The current bridge, which is Grade II* listed and was designed by civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette, is the second permanent bridge on the site, and has been attacked three times by Irish republicans.
The Hungerford Bridge crosses the River Thames in London, and lies between Waterloo Bridge and Westminster Bridge. Owned by Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd it is a steel truss railway bridge flanked by two more recent, cable-stayed, pedestrian bridges that share the railway bridge's foundation piers, and which are named the Golden Jubilee Bridges.
An overpass is a bridge, road, railway or similar structure that crosses over another road or railway. An overpass and underpass together form a grade separation. Stack interchanges are made up of several overpasses.
Chelsea Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames in west London, connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south bank, and split between the City of Westminster, the London Borough of Wandsworth and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. There have been two Chelsea Bridges, on the site of what was an ancient ford.
The Battersea Railway Bridge is a bridge across the River Thames in London, between Battersea and Fulham. Owned by Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, it links Battersea to the extreme north-east part of Fulham, known as Chelsea Harbour or Imperial Wharf, a 21st-century-rebuilt area on the south side of Chelsea Creek. The bridge is used by the West London Line of the London Overground from Clapham Junction to Willesden Junction.
The Thames Path is a National Trail following the River Thames from its source near Kemble in Gloucestershire to the Woolwich foot tunnel, south east London. It is about 185 miles (298 km) long. A path was first proposed in 1948 but it only opened in 1996.
Barnes Railway Bridge is a Grade II listed railway bridge in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and the London Borough of Hounslow. It crosses the River Thames in London in a northwest to southeast direction at Barnes. It carries the South Western Railway's Hounslow Loop Line, and lies between Barnes Bridge and Chiswick stations. It can also be crossed on foot, and is one of only three bridges in London to combine pedestrian and rail use; the others being Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges and Fulham Railway Bridge.
The Tideway is a part of the River Thames in England which is subject to tides. This stretch of water is downstream from Teddington Lock. The Tideway comprises the upper Thames Estuary including the Pool of London.
Moulsford Railway Bridge, also known locally as "Four Arches" bridge, is a pair of parallel bridges located a little to the north of Moulsford and South Stoke in Oxfordshire, UK. It carries the Great Western Main Line from Paddington, London to Wales and the West across the River Thames. The bridge lies between the stations at Goring & Streatley and Cholsey, and crosses the Thames at an oblique angle on the reach between Cleeve Lock and Benson Lock.
The Lea Valley Walk is a 50-mile (80 km) long-distance path located between Leagrave, the source of the River Lea near Luton, and the Thames, at Limehouse Basin, Limehouse, east London. From its source much of the walk is rural. At Hertford the path follows the towpath of the River Lee Navigation, and it becomes increasingly urbanised as it approaches London. The walk was opened in 1993 and is waymarked throughout using a swan logo.
Leo Villareal is an American artist. His work combines LED lights and encoded computer programming to create illuminated displays. He is living and working in New York City.
Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People is a cable-stayed bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was designed by TriMet, the Portland metropolitan area's regional transit authority, for its MAX Orange Line light rail passenger trains. The bridge also serves city buses and the Portland Streetcar, as well as bicycles, pedestrians, and emergency vehicles. Private cars and trucks are not permitted on the bridge. It is the first major bridge in the U.S. that was designed to allow access to transit vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians but not cars.
Dukes Meadows Footbridge is a pedestrian bridge under construction in Chiswick, London that will allow the Thames Path on the north bank at Dukes Meadows to follow the river without diversion.
Illuminated River is a large-scale public art commission which lights up nine bridges in central London across the River Thames. Designed by American artist Leo Villareal in collaboration with British architects Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, it uses LED light fittings to produce sequenced patterns of moving light across the bridge structures.