Restoration Works
Restoring the Most Famous Bridge in the World
Visit
www.thetowerbridge.info,
an entire website dedicated to providing regularly updated photos,
videos and info on the three-year restoration of the most famous
bridge in the world.
Have an exciting experience at Tower Bridge - enjoy the stunning
views from the Walkways, explore the Engine Rooms and witness the
transformation during this state-of-the-art restoration.
Tower Bridge is undergoing an essential and exciting 3-year
restoration programme of painting works and stone cleaning, during
which Tower Bridge Exhibition is fully open. This special project
only occurs once every quarter-century and is the first one of this
millennium. Tower Bridge Exhibition and the views from the
high-level Walkways are unaffected by the works.
We have constructed a ticket office on the second floor of the
Bridge to accommodate this in order to make the journey through the
Exhibition as easy as possible. The West pavement is
now closed in order for restoration work to continue on the
North West steelwork. This will continue until mid December
2009.
We are pleased to announce that the current schedule of work
states that there will be no work taking place on the
Bridge between mid November 2009 and October 2010. During this
time, Tower Bridge will be free of scaffolding and envirowraps -
all throughfares, including the Exhibition ticket office and exit,
will be completely accessible. Until then, work will
continue to be carried out to the highest safety standards under
the supervision of the Health and Safety Executive.
Special Envirowraps (custom polythene sheeting) are being
applied to the scaffolded areas to prevent particles of paint or
dust escaping into the natural environment in accordance with our
sustainability policy. There will also be strict control of the
noise caused by the works.
We look forward to seeing you at Tower Bridge Exhibition
soon!