普特尼桥是一座桥,跨越伦敦西部泰晤士河,连接南侧富勒姆与北侧普特尼。普特尼桥地铁站位于靠近北侧的桥梁。
Putney Bridge is a bridge crossing of the River Thames in west London, linking Putney on the south side with Fulham to the north. Putney Bridge tube station is located near the north side of the bridge.
The Metropolitan Board of Works purchased the bridge in 1879, discontinued the tolls in 1880, and set about its replacement. The current bridge was designed by civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette as a five-span structure, built of stone and Cornish granite. (Joseph Bazalgette also designed London’s sewerage system, and the Putney Bridge forms part of this system.) It was constructed by John Waddell of Edinburgh, whose tender of £240,433 was accepted on 15 April 1882. It is some 700 ft long (210 m) and 43 ft wide (13 m), and was opened by the Prince (later King Edward VII) and Princess of Wales on 29 May 1886.
Putney Bridge is the only bridge in Britain to have a church at both ends[citation needed]: St. Mary’s Church, Putney is located on the south bank and All Saints Church, Fulham on the north bank.
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