Chelsea Bridge

Need of rebuilding the bridge and its name

• Delayed in construction of new bridge because of First world war year 1926.

• The bridge should carry more traffic.

• Ministry of Transport also wanted to provide employment opportunities for the young men of Battersea through bridge construction.

• The new bridge was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Canada - William Lyon Mackenzie King on 6 May 1937 as he was present in London to attend the coronation of king Geoge VI.

• The materials used to build the bridge out of Douglas fir tree from Canada for decking, road construction -Asphalt from Trinidad and Tobago, Steel from Yorkshire and Scotland, and Granite from Aberdeen and Cornwall reminds of the materials drawn are from all commonwealth countries.