Due to a lorry fire, and not expected to open until some time tomorrow morning. Apparently the approach road is currently tailed back to Kidbrooke. Those of you who drive through the area on your way to work probably need to allow extra time in the morning.
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Due to go there at 9am.........
Thanks for the Heads-up a.
As a small local businessman, whose drivers and reps are hugely affected by these on-going road closures, I evidently can't have a view on the matter, leastways one that I can post on here.
The reason why Rotherhithe Tunnel is so twisty is because it was designed to prevent horses from bolting back in those days.....evidently if they can't see too far ahead they are discouraged from doing so.
Not a lot of people know that!!
"One Woolwich Ferry, there's only one Woolwich Ferry.........."
;-)
Lets hope the lorry driver is safe whose lorry caught fire---- so he can be put on Blackheath in chains and have buckets loads of shit thrown at him.
Yep thats right.
And the Old (northbound) Blackwall tunnel.
Just got to compare it to the one going the other way.
Anyone think we need a couple more options for getting across the Thames???
The horses wouldn't be able to breathe with all those exhaust fumes SoundAs, so sorry I think thats untrue
It was part of our lap - along the Woolwich Road, across the river via the Ferry, back along through the docks where City Airport is now and then home via the Blackwall Tunnel. I remember the huge downdraft from the air-conditioning fans making it hard to stay on the bike as you came through.
Probably quicker by bike then than you could do it by car now.
We had jumpers for goalposts too.
Why couldn't they have reverted to that, at least it would have allowed for SOME traffic to pass through.
Apparently opening at 19:00 tonight (Monday).
The whole town down here is in a complete mess because of some lizards or something being moved in advance of yet more roadworks next year. Yet the project manager for it was quoted in the paper expressing 'surprise' that closing lanes on the main route in and out of Bournemouth was causing a "few" problems (like total gridlock for miles around). We do seem to love a road closure in the UK don't we?
The contraflow stopped because people drove like nutters while it was on. You see it now in the one-way tunnel, even when it's packed - idiots swerving between lanes.
Closing the entire thing gives traffic a chance to disperse in several different directions and take a completely different route, and takes pressure off some of the roads around Charlton/Blackheath. The Charlton end of Woolwich Road was pretty clear until the evening rush kicked in. Having just one lane open would give people false hope, and clog up even more of the immediate area around the tunnel.
With a situation like this, sometimes it's easier to tell people the worst-case scenario, then surprise them by getting the job done quickly.
They wasnt southbound was fine!! in fact straight through without stopping last night!!