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Downriver from Barnes Railway Bridge is Hammersmith Bridge. The historic and distinctive suspension bridge went up in 1887 on the foundations of a similar previous bridge, and has been repainted its original pea-soup colour.
There are bike lanes but they do what bike lanes always do: separate you from the traffic fussily but safely, only to dump you into a narrow stream of traffic on the bridge itself. You aren't allowed to cycle on the footways.
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Continuing from Hammersmith Bridge, the north bank has no riverside path, only a web of side roads. The south side is a pleasant riverside path and finally a tarmac lane past boathouses that takes you to Putney Bridge, about a mile and a half away.
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