The first bridge was built by the Romans nearly 2000 years ago.
The Romans built the first 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.
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 the original bridge was the ONLY bridge in London at that time.
The reconstruction of Rennie's Bridge at Lake Havasu began in 1968 and was completed in 1971.
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.
The London Bridge which was sold, was originally built in 1820 and was no longer capable of dealing with modern traffic. It was bought by an entrepreneur, dismantled stone by stone and rebuilt in Lake Havasu City Arizona as a tourist attraction. It is rumoured that the purchaser thought that he was buying the nearby Tower Bridge - which is much more interesting - but both the buyer and seller have denied this. Many foreigners mistakenly believe that the iconic Tower Bridge is London Bridge but London Bridge is just a very boring modern bridge.
There have been several London Bridges over the centuries. The present bridge was built in 1973. It's predecessor, built in 1820, was disamantled to make way for the present bridge, The 1820 bridge was re-assembled at Lake Havasu City in Arizona and is open to the public as a tourist attraction. It is a widely held belief that the buyers of London Bridge thought that they were buying Tower Bridge, but the buyers and the sellers have both denied this.