Travel chaos is expected after it was announced London's Tower Bridge is to shut all weekend to undergo urgent repair works.
The work has been scheduled at short notice - taking advantage of news that TfL's planned closure of Blackwall Tunnel this weekend would no longer be taking place.
Travel chaos is expected after it was announced London's Tower Bridge is to shut all weekend to undergo urgent repair works Advertisement 'However, we need to avoid a clash with the planned closures of Blackwall Tunnel which are taking place every weekend well into the spring, as Tower Bridge is the next Thames crossing along.
Footage released by the bridge's owner, The City Bridge Foundation, shows some of the overnight work taking place. Paul Monaghan, assistant director of engineering for City Bridge Foundation, said: 'The key thing we're doing as part of this quarterly closure are maintenance works to replace the nose bolts.
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