London Bridge.
No. The modern bridge is just a very ordinary road and pedestrian bridge in central London and is only famous because of the children's song about it. The medieval London Bridge had houses and shops on it.
Tower Bridge
Because the original bridge was the ONLY bridge in London at that time.
Tower Bridge is the only bridge in London that opens.
No. The only bridge in London that opens is Tower Bridge, which is the next bridge downstream and is sometimes mistakenly thought of as London Bridge by tourists.
Tower Bridge - sometimes mistakenly called London Bridge by foreigners.
About 5 miles
The original bridge was built by the Romans about 50ad. At the time, it was the only bridge crossing the Thames in London so it just became known as London Bridge.
Tower Bridge is the only bridge in London that is capable of opening to allow ships to pass under it.
Tower Bridge is just East of the City of London, about 2-miles downstream of the houses of parliament, right next to The Tower of London. The bridge spans the boroughs of Southwark (south) to Tower Hamlets (north). The nearest tube station is Tower Hill on the Circle and District lines.
Because once there was only one bridge and that was the london bridge and that nursery rhyme is very old
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