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very numerous, and nothing prevents their extension into
Surrey and Sussex, but the want of a Bridge at the proposed
spot.
The intended line of road on the Surrey side of the Bridge
would lead directly to Barnes Common, from whence roads
branch off to all the South and South Western parts of
the Kingdom.
The distance from London to Richmond by Hyde Park
Corner will be considerably shortened, and an easier communication
(avoiding the hills of Putney and Wimbledon)
would be made to Kingston by way of Richmond.
Through Kingston lies the great road to Portsmouth and
other important places south-west of London.
The proposed bridge would be only three miles and a half
from Hyde Park Corner, possessing the advantage of
having for its approach the Great Western Road.
From Oxford Street by Shepherd's Bush it would be about
the same distance as from Hyde Park Corner.
That upon the Parliamentary power being obtained the existing
Bridge was built and was opened for traffic in the year 1827.
That your Memorialists are informed, and have reason to believe,
that the existing Hammersmith Bridge is not of
sufficient width, or of sufficient strength, to take the daily
increasing heavy general traffic that passes through the
highways of your Memorialists' district, and over the said
Bridge, to and from the parishes and places on the Surrey
side of the River.
That in the Broadway, at the entrance to the approach road to
the said Hammersmith Bridge, there converge five leading
thoroughfares, viz.: King Street West, Beadon Road, Queen
Street, King Street East, aud Brook Green Road.
That through King Street West and Beadon Road there passes,
to the said Bridge, a large and daily increasing amount of
heavy and general traffic, coming from that portion of your
Memorialists' district lying north-west of the Broadway and
Brook Green Road, from the adjoining parishes of Chiswick,
Acton, and Ealing, and from the places adjacent thereto.
That through Queen Street there passes a further large amount
of general traffic to the Bridge, coming from that portion of
your Memorialists' district traversed by the Crown Road and
Dawes Road, which part of the Fulham District is being
rapidly built over and inhabited by a dense population. In
addition to this local traffic, these roads accommodate the
very heavy general traffic which passes through main arterial