Bridges No.19 - Wandsworth Bridge

Wandsworth Bridge looks different to the other road bridges further downstream, simply because it is all made from iron and painted in shades of blue. No stone or concrete in site anywhere on the bridge structure itself gives it the feel of a railway bridge, but with a camber.

The orginal bridge here was built in 1873 to a design by Julian Tolme. The bridge was made of wrought iron and used lattice girderwork. The roadway was made from timber. Once more a toll was charge for use of the bridge after it opened, but for Wandsworth it lastest only for seven years, again coinciding with purchase by the Metropolitan Board of Works.

In 1935 London County Council gave consent for a replacement bridge. The new bridge was designed by Sir Pierson Frank and opened in 1940.