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New Thames Bridge Designs Unveiled

LONDON-Plans for a new Thames bridge east of Tower bridge have been mooted by Transport for London. Improved communications in East London are seen as key to attracting development to the area, and Londoners are being asked to comment on four possible designs.

By Graham Parker | Updated on May 14, 2003

LONDON-Transport for London has started the public consultation process that could lead to a new Thames bridge between Beckton and Thamesmead. Development in the Thames Gateway area would benefit from improved communications, but an earlier plan for the East London River Crossing was dropped when environmental campaigners fought the road links needed for the bridge.

Four possible designs for the proposed Thames Gateway Bridge have been unveiled. They all envisage six lanes of traffic, with four reserved for cars. The Thames is almost half a mile wide at this location, and it is proposed that the bridge would be around 160ft high so that ships could pass underneath it. But because the site is under the flight paths into the nearby London City Airport, a suspension bridge has been ruled out.

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