Albert Bridge, London use and thus prolong its life. As a result, it is the second-least busy Thames road bridge in London; only Southwark Bridge carries less traffic. In 1992, Albert Bridge was rewired and painted in an unusual colour scheme designed to make it more conspicuous in poor visibility, and avoid being damaged by ships. At night it is illuminated by 4,000 LEDs adding to its status as a landmark. The historic industrial town of Chelsea on the north bank of the River Thames about west of Westminster, and the rich farming village of Battersea, facing Chelsea on the south bank, were
Kew Bridge Wood (1848–1918), who lived in Chiswick between 1897 and 1908, painted "", portraying passengers embarking from the river transport service at Kew Pier in front of the second bridge. Chiswick Local Studies Library has a painting "Kew Bridge and Strand-on-the-Green" attributed to Smyth Watson and also "Strand-on-the-Green and Kew Bridge" by an unknown artist. Hounslow Local Studies Library has "Kew Bridge" by James Isaiah Lewis, painted in about 1900. Kew Bridge Kew Bridge is a Grade II listed bridge over the River Thames in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and the London Borough of Hounslow. The present bridge,