Bishopsford Road Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 51°23′43.38″N 0°10′24.29″W / 51.3953833°N 0.1734139°W |
Carries | Road |
Crosses | River Wandle |
Other name(s) | Mitcham Bridge |
History | |
Rebuilt | 2020/2021 |
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Bishopsford Road Bridge (also called Mitcham Bridge) is a bridge in London that carries a road over the River Wandle.
The bridge was rebuilt around 1759 with funding from the county of Surrey, though a bridge in this location had existed for some time prior. [1] The bridge was widened and a parallel pedestrian bridge built in the 1940s. [2] Work on stabilising the bridge was started in April 2019. [3]
The bridge collapsed on 14 June 2019 following flooding in the River Wandle four days earlier. [3]
As a result of the collapse, the routes 118, 280, N44 and N133 buses had to be diverted. A temporary route, numbered 718, was introduced on 30 November 2019 with a half-hourly frequency to restore service from stops previously served by 118, N133 to Morden tube station. [3]
In 2020, the remains of the bridge were demolished. In October 2020, designs for a new bridge were approved. [4]
The bridge was reopened to cars in October 2021, and to buses in December 2021. [5] [6]