Bishop's Bridge, sometimes known as Paddington Bridge, is a road bridge in the Paddington district of London which carries Bishop's Bridge Road across the rail approaches to Paddington Station and across the adjacent Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal. A replacement of the original bridge, which was narrow, causing traffic congestion, and was not strong enough to carry buses, was built by HOCHTIEF and was re-opened to traffic at 4am on 14 June 2006. The new design includes a taxi waiting area, extending nearly the full length of the bridge, and connecting with the approach to the station's taxi pick-up point.
Following the reconstruction, bus routes 15 (in August 2010 replaced here by route 159), 46 and 332 ran across the bridge.
The name Bishop's Bridge Road comes from the manor of Paddington which was granted to the Bishop of London, Nicholas Ridley, by Edward VI in the mid 16th Century.
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