London’s famous Millennium Bridge to be closed after becoming ‘more slippery’

London’s celebrated Millennium Bridge is to acquisition a £3.5 cardinal refurbishment (Image: Getty)

London’s celebrated Millennium Bridge is to acquisition a £3.5 cardinal refurbishment aft becoming ‘more slippery’ with enactment expected to commencement successful the spring.

According to a tender published by the City of London Corporation, the City Bridge Foundation is looking for a contractor to resurface the crossing's deck, repaint the steelwork, and re-tension the suspension cables.

The Millennium Bridge was the archetypal caller stream crossing successful central London for much than 100 years.

February 10 has been fixed arsenic the estimated commencement date, with the declaration to past six months. A City Bridge Foundation spokesperson nevertheless said the enactment is expected to statesman by the spring, and that it is successful the process of considering proposals from a fig of companies.

Work connected the span is expected to commencement successful the outpouring (Image: Getty)

The alloy suspension span connects the northbound slope of the Thames adjacent the southbound bank, it lies successful betwixt Southwark Bridge to the and Blackfriars Railway Bridge.

The 25-year-old span officially opened connected 10 June 2000, aft 2 years of construction. On its opening day, astir 90,000 radical crossed the Millennium Bridge.

However, conscionable 3 days aft its opening it was closed for modification aft swinging alarmingly.

Earning the nickname the ‘wobbly bridge’ it yet reopened successful February 2002 aft works were done to stabilise it.

Almost a 4th of a period on, the aluminium span platform is "beginning to go worn", the spokesperson said.

The aluminium span platform is 'beginning to go worn' (Image: Getty)

"Meaning it is present smoother and much slippery than it utilized to be, truthful we request to enactment present to guarantee the span remains harmless for radical to use," a City Bridge Foundation spokesperson said.

"To guarantee the enactment is arsenic sustainable arsenic possible, we're asking imaginable contractors to remove, cleanable and regenerate each the existing aluminium span platform panels, which volition beryllium covered with a non-slip coating."

The tender, which closed past week, listed 3 cardinal elements: resurfacing the aluminium platform to amended gaffe resistance, repainting the steelwork, and re-tensioning the suspension cables, which "has not been completed earlier and volition reconstruct the illustration of the cardinal span pursuing the archetypal relaxation of the cables and abutments".