Cross River Traffic

£7.99

Cross River Traffic tells the history of the London's current bridges (and their predecessors) - why and how they were built as well as incidents that have occurred on them, from ghost stories to terrorist plots, sexual antics to suicides. The book explores the reasons why the crossings are situated where they are and the effect on the communities they link as well as on London as a whole. It also deals with such questions such as why do London's bikers meet on Chelsea Bridge, who was assassinated on Waterloo, how a hairdresser saved Hammersmith and a poet the Albert Bridge.