About This Camera
Camera Location & Hazard Overview
You can't really talk about Hammersmith Bridge Road without talking about the bridge itself, which has spent long stretches closed, part-closed, or restricted to everything except pedestrians and cyclists since cracks were found in its structure. This camera tells you less about 'traffic' in the usual sense and more about whether the bridge is currently doing its job at all. Live traffic data from this camera makes A4 one of the easier stretches to plan around at short notice.
Traffic Pattern & Congestion Trends
When the bridge is open to vehicles, this behaves like a normal approach road — steady flow towards Barnes, busier at peaks like any other suburban link road. When it's restricted, which has been the case for much of the last few years, traffic here drops to near-local-only levels, since through-traffic simply has nowhere else to go. That dependency on bridge status makes this one of the more genuinely unpredictable roads to plan around on this whole list.
Traffic Fines & Camera Enforcement
Weight limits and vehicle restrictions on the bridge are camera-enforced and have been strict throughout the restoration works — this isn't a spot where enforcement is a minor inconvenience, it's the whole story of how this road currently functions day to day. ULEZ cameras apply to the surrounding network as standard.
Road Closures & Alternative Routes
Chiswick Bridge and Putney Bridge have effectively become the default crossings while Hammersmith Bridge is restricted, and most regular local drivers have already adjusted their routes accordingly. Don't plan a route assuming this one's open — check first, since the situation has changed more than once without much advance warning. Neither crossing is genuinely close, so factor in the extra distance when planning any journey that relies on crossing the river here.
Driver Safety & Local Tips
Genuinely: check TfL's bridge status page before you rely on this crossing. It's changed enough times over the last few years that 'it was open last week' isn't good enough grounds to assume it still is today.
ULEZ & Emissions
Hammersmith and Fulham is fully inside the expanded ULEZ, running 24/7 — £12.50 a day for non-compliant vehicles. The borough's eastern edge brushes the Congestion Charge boundary too, so check tfl.gov.uk if you're heading towards central London.
Parking near Hammersmith Bridge Rd, Putney and Mortlake
Gliddon Road and the surrounding streets sit within H&F's standard emissions-based CPZ, RingGo pay-by-phone or permit only, in a stretch that's predominantly residential despite the busy elevated A4 running directly overhead. Given the road's grade-separated design, there's minimal traffic noise disruption to on-street parking compared with ground-level busy roads, which makes this a slightly more pleasant spot to park than you might expect. Single yellow lines match the CPZ's controlled hours and become free once the zone's daily controls end. Public car parking facilities simply don't extend to this particular corner of the borough. This is a reasonably manageable stretch to find casual parking outside the sharpest weekday peak hours, particularly compared with the busier junctions found closer to Hammersmith itself. Given the bridge's ongoing restrictions, breakdown cover that specifically includes recovery from restricted or weight-limited crossings is genuinely worth checking before you rely on this route regularly. Given how often this crossing's status changes, roadside assistance providers who confirm current bridge access before dispatching are worth prioritising over a generic breakdown cover policy.
If on-street parking is hard to find, apps like JustPark and YourParkingSpace let you pre-book a private driveway or car park nearby — typically from around £2–£6 per hour or £10–£25 per day depending on how central the location is.
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