It was never intended to have an actual function, just to be something spectacular (tallest building in the world) for the gateway to the 1889 International Exhibition. It should have been demolished, but was saved by the invention of radio and now functions as a TV and communications tower as well as a tourist attraction.
The Tower of London is on the North bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
The current London Bridge is made of pre-stressed concrete.
Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge over the River Thames in London, England. It was designed by Sir Horace Jones.
Absolutely not! London Bridge is an ordinary modern (1973) bridge which spans the river Thames. Its predecessor, built in 1820, is now located at Lake Havasu in Arizona. Tower Bridge, completed in 1894, also spans the river Thames and is the only bridge across the Thames which can be raised to allow large ships to pass underneath it, although that doesn't happen very often now. The original Victorian mechanism can still be seen in working condition in the bridge's museum. The bridge is quite distinctive, with two tall towers at each end and is situated next to the Tower of London from where it got its name.
No. They are two separate and very different bridges. Foreigners often think that Tower Bridge is London Bridge, but they are very wrong.
London Bridge is the name of a bridge across the Thames in London. You can walk across it for nothing.
You may be thinking of Tower Bridge which is the one that opens. Again you can walk across it and watch it open for nothing. The Tower Bridge experience is a guided tour of the internal workings of the bridge and the overhead walkways. Tickets are £8.00 for adults and £3.40 for children.
no, the longest bridge in the world is
Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge
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.
By workmen using steel, iron, stones, mortar, cranes etc.
The London bridge is 456ft tall (about 1000 elephants stacked up).
There has been a bridge on the site from about 50AD but the current bridge was completed in 1973.
The weight limit for a truck crossing the bridge is 18 metric tonnes.
Tower bridge was, and still is, an important landmark. When the bridge was opened in 1894, it was the largest bridge of its kind and a sorely needed River Crossing for vehicles in the area. Due to the controversy of the bridge's design and construction, Tower Bridge bought sightseers from all around to view the "absurd" bridge that represented "the vice and tawdriness and prentiousness" according to critics.
Throughout the years since, Tower Bridge has continued to serve as not only a convenient way to cross the Thames (with 40,000 people crossing each day), but also as a popular tourist attraction. The bridge is considered to be a symbol of London, featuring heavily in many London based TV shows and Movies.
When it was first opened for general use, the majority of the traffic would have been horse drawn.
No, it is a fully operational bridge used 24/7 by vehicles and pedestrians. It has been there since 1894 and is the only bridge in London that can open to let tall ships pass underneath. It is quite unique and therefore visited by many tourists every year as it is adjacent to the Tower of London. It is sometimes mistakenly called London Bridge by foreigners.
The world's largest tower bridge can be found within the wonderful country of the United Kingdom in the Greater London region. If you're looking to visit it you can and the tour is an hour and a half.
Charing Cross underground station is on The Strand, it is on the Northern Line (black) and the Bakerloo Line (Brown).
a challenge for the tower bridge was getting all the right stuff under one budget and how long the bridge took to build
White and Light-blue, like the colours of the Argentine flag.
It took 450 people to build the London Tower Bridge!