Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) Council has confirmed Hammersmith Bridge will be closed for six 24-hour periods on Friday to Saturday evenings in the coming weeks for repair work.

The council say engineers need to lift the 137-year-old cast iron bridge and replace the corroded, seized components with new rubber bearings.

While the bridge is lifted, it will be temporarily closed to pedestrians and cyclists from 8pm for 24 hours on the following six dates:

• From Friday 25 October 9pm to Saturday 26 October 9pm
• From Friday 1 November 9pm to Saturday 2 November 9pm
• From Friday 8 November 9pm to Saturday 9 November 9pm
• From Friday 15 November 9pm to Saturday 16 November 9pm
• From Friday 22 November 9pm to Saturday 23 November 9pm
• From Friday 29 November 9pm to Saturday 30 November 9pm

Sir Joseph Bazalgette, who created London's first sewage system, was also behind Hammersmtih Bridge which opened in 1887 (credit: Cesar Medina).

They will also be carrying our repairs to the footways from Monday, 14 October onwards.

To do this engineers will close one footway at a time from 9am to 3pm Monday to Friday, with the opened footway being marshalled and clearly signed.

H&F Council say the work will take about two months to complete both footways and access over the bridge will be maintained during the footway repairs - except for the closure periods listed above.

River traffic will not be affected. H&F's website has more information about the works.

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