Fulham Railway Bridge crosses the

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. It is very close to

Putney Bridge Putney Bridge is a Grade II listed bridge over the River Thames in west London, linking Putney on the south side with Fulham to the north. The bridge has medieval parish churches beside its abutments: St Mary's Church, Putney is built on the so ...

, and carries the

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between

Putney Bridge station Putney Bridge is a London Underground station on the branch of the District line. It is between and stations and is in Zone 2. The station is located in the south of Fulham, adjacent to Fulham High Street and New Kings Road ( A308) and is a ...

on the North, and East Putney station on the South. Fulham Railway Bridge can also be crossed on foot, on the downstream (east) side. Originally referred to by its design engineers W. H. Thomas and William Jacomb as Putney Railway Bridge it has no official name, but for over a hundred years it has been known colloquially as "The Iron Bridge". Fulham Railway Bridge 728-30s

History

The bridge is of lattice girder construction and long, with 5 spans totalling actually across the river, two further spans on the southern shore, and one on the north. It was designed for the London and South Western Railway by Brunel's former assistant William Jacomb, built by

Head Wrightson Head Wrightson was a big heavy industrial firm based at Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. It specialised in the manufacture of large industrial products such as fractional distillation columns, which sometimes needed special transpo ...

and opened in 1889. It was refurbished between 1995 and 1997 for the

Tilbury Douglas Tilbury Douglas is a British construction business based in Reading, Berkshire. The company was originally founded in 1884 as the London and Tilbury Lighterage Company Limited, and retained the Tilbury name until 2001. From 1991 it was known a ...

, and it was at that time that a plaque bearing the erroneous title Fulham Railway Bridge was attached to the pillar at the top of the pedestrian stairway on the Putney (Southern) downstream side of the bridge."latter-day naming": *

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* Bridges across the River Thames Bridges in London Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Wandsworth Railway bridges in London Bridges completed in 1889 Transport in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Transport in the London Borough of Wandsworth {{UK-bridge-struct-stub

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