Broadmead Road update - Tuesday, 20 February 2024

Broadmead Road Bridge remains closed to vehicular traffic to prevent potential loss of life or serious injury. The official diversionary route is via the A406 to either Chigwell Road or High Road, Woodford.

The bridge was constructed in 1937 and has now unfortunately come to the end of its life. The Council has written to the Secretary of State for Transport to request urgent funding to repair the bridge, at an estimated cost of over £25 million.

While we appeal for government support, work is ongoing. Structural engineers have completed the principal inspection and the hammer tapping alongside the Central Line tracks and are now working on the remainder of the bridge where access is free at any time of the day. At the same time engineers are applying a concrete mortar to replace any removed concrete as a result of the hammer tapping to protect the structure and will be writing the formal principal inspection report to be submitted to the Council.

Clearance works underneath the structure will now involve the moving of any storage containers and cars under the structure and owners of the vehicles and containers have been notified.

We would like to apologise for the inconvenience the bridge closure is causing local users.