Hammersmith Flyover is an elevated roadway

Overpass

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 in west London

London

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 which carries the A4 arterial road over and to one side of the central Hammersmith

Hammersmith

Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, England, in the United Kingdom, approximately five miles west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames...

 gyratory system, and it links together the Cromwell Road extension (Talgarth Road) with the start of the Great West Road.

It was one of the first examples of an elevated road employing reinforced concrete balanced cantilever beam supports with a single central column. The deck spine and wings are of hollow prestressed concrete design. The flyover was designed by G. Maunsell & Partners

Guy Maunsell

Guy Anson Maunsell was the British civil engineer responsible for the design of the World War II Naval Sea Forts and Army Forts used by the United Kingdom for the defence of the Thames and Mersey estuaries....

, Consulting Engineers, led by Peter Wroth.

Marples, Ridgway and Partners, a Westminster

City of Westminster

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-based civil engineering

Civil engineering

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 contractor, built the flyover at a cost of £1.3 million. The then Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 Transport Minister Ernest Marples

Ernest Marples

Alfred Ernest Marples, Baron Marples PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Postmaster General and Minister of Transport. After his retirement from active politics in 1974 Marples was elevated to the peerage...

 had been a Marples, Ridgway shareholder. To avoid a conflict of interest Marples undertook to sell his controlling shareholder interest in the company as soon as he became Minister of Transport in October 1959, although there was a purchaser's requirement that he buy back the shares after he ceased to hold office, at the price paid, should the purchaser so require.

Landmarks near Hammersmith Flyover

• Hammersmith Broadway Shopping Centre
• Novotel Hotel
• Hammersmith Apollo
  Hammersmith Apollo
  Hammersmith Apollo is a major entertainment venue located in Hammersmith, London. Designed by Robert Cromie in Art Deco style, it opened in 1932 as the Gaumont Palace cinema, being re-named the Hammersmith Odeon in 1962...
  
  
• St Paul's Church
• Lyric Theatre
  Lyric Hammersmith
  The Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre on King Street, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, which takes pride in its original, "groundbreaking" productions....
  
  
• The London Ark
  The London Ark
  The Ark is a prominent office building located in Hammersmith, London, acquired by developers Landid, GE Real Estate and O&H properties in 2006 and extensively refurbished in late 2007 early 2008....
  
  
• Hammersmith Bridge
  Hammersmith Bridge
  Hammersmith Bridge is a crossing of the River Thames in west London, just south of the Hammersmith town centre area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham on the north side of the river. It allows road traffic and pedestrians to cross to Barnes on the south side of the river...
  
  

See also

• List of bridges in London
• Croydon Flyover
  Croydon Flyover
  The Croydon Flyover is a flyover located in Croydon, London, England. It is part of the A232 road which connects Orpington with Ewell. The flyover connects Park Lane and the Croydon Underpass, on the A212 road with Duppas Hill Road. It crosses over the A236, Old Town and Southbridge Road and the...