The length of the bridge was decided by the width of the river.
70ft
The current London Bridge, dating from 1973, is 269 metres long, 32 metres wide and has a clearance below of 8.9 metres.
Because the original bridge was the ONLY bridge in London at that time.
Tower Bridge and London Bridge.
Tower Bridge is east of London Bridge.
London Bridge. The Olympic rings are on Tower Bridge - not London Bridge.
The London bridge
What does London bridge represent
London Bridge.
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.
The current London Bridge in London is a pre-stressed concrete box girder bridge.