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Post by Historic Docks on Feb 11, 2009 14:11:54 GMT
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Post by Historic Docks on Feb 11, 2009 14:14:21 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_London_River_CrossingThames Gateway Bridge It was planned that the bridge should be built by 2013 and would have connected Beckton in the London Borough of Newham with Thamesmead in the London Borough of Greenwich linking the A406 / A13 junction in Beckton with the A2016 Eastern Way and Western Way in Thamesmead and serve the new Thames Gateway development. The bridge was to have a span of about 650 metres, with a 50 metre vertical clearance for ships, yet be low enough not to impede the flight approach to the nearby London City Airport. The bridge was to have had four lanes for general traffic and two lanes for public transport use. It would also have had a cycle lane, a pedestrian walkway and the facility for a Docklands Light Railway crossing. The design and location was similar to the East London River Crossing proposed and approved by two public inquiries during the 1970s-90s but subsequently dropped by the Department for Transport[1]. For pedestrians the nearest other crossings are the Greenwich foot tunnel and the Woolwich foot tunnel. The 'Woolwich Arsenal extension' to the Docklands Light Railway, from King George V station under the river to Woolwich Arsenal station, is due to open in early 2009. For vehicles the nearest other Thames crossings are the Blackwall Tunnel (A102), the Dartford Crossing (M25) and the Woolwich Ferry.
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