Complex sentence: The bridge was not commercially as successful as had been planned, due in part to competition from the newly built Albert Bridge nearby, and in 1877 was taken into the ownership of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and the tolls abolished in 1879.
Split into simpler sentences: The bridge was not commercially as successful as had been planned, due in part to competition from the newly built Albert Bridge nearby. In 1877 it was taken into the ownership of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and the tolls were abolished in 1879.