Tower Bridge
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| Address | London SE1 2RF, United Kingdom |
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| Construction started | June 21, 1886 |
| Opened | June 30, 1894 |
| Locations | London Borough of Southwark |
| London Borough of Tower Hamlets | |
| Architects | Horace Jones |
| George D. Stevenson | |
| Did you know | It took eight years, five major contractors and labor of 432 construction workers to complete the Tower Bridge. |
| Height | 6500 (cm) |
| Ratings | 5.0 |
| Sideways refinements | Tower Bridge Road |
| Tower of London | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 734074 |
About Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and has become an iconic symbol of London. Because of this, Tower Bridge is sometimes confused with London Bridge, situated some 0. 5 mi upstream.
Where is the Tower Bridge
A tale of two Richmonds: Greggs confuses North Yorkshire market town with town in London
... The images included a bridge over the River Thames and a signpost to London landmarks Tower Bridge and Kew Gardens...
Barbie film hits $1bn mark at global box office
... The film s marketing campaign has been huge, with pink billboards installed in cities around the world while a pink Tardis also appeared at Tower Bridge...
Barbie movie: How the marketing campaign has got everyone talking
... Barbican tube station and a pink Doctor Who Tardis also appeared at Tower Bridge...
Final stamps bearing the Queen's head revealed
... There was politics in the background too, with the Postal Museum noting that a decision to include a stamp of the Menai Bridge rather than Tower Bridge was out of sensitivity to " Welsh aspirations"...
Camilla gives late Queen Elizabeth II's Paddington Bears to children
... " Camilla had travelled to the nursery in a car filled with some of the Paddingtons, on a journey from Clarence House in Westminster, along the Mall and past London landmarks including Trafalgar Square and Tower Bridge...
Eurovision: Who will win - and other questions answered
... Those are the results viewers see given out during the final from announcers standing in front of green-screens showing landmarks like the Eiffel Tower or Tower Bridge...
Extinction Rebellion disrupts London's West End
... On Friday, two protesters from the climate movement shut down Tower Bridge by abseiling off the sides of the London landmark and unfurling a huge banner that read " end fossil fuels now"...
Tower Bridge: Extinction Rebellion activists cause closure
...Two Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists have caused traffic disruption in central London by suspending themselves from Tower Bridge...
Extinction Rebellion disrupts London's West End
Climate activists are staging a sit-down protest in The Heart of London's West End shopping district, to call for no new investment in fossil fuels.
Extinction Rebellion has planned protests in the capital Every Day until Sunday, 17 April.
The Metropolitan Police said Oxford Street and Regent Street were blocked.
The Group said The Action was intended to be " highly disruptive" and " designed to disrupt, engage and recruit new rebels".
The Met said protesters were disrupting traffic on both streets and said it had specialist teams on standby " to respond to any protesters who lock or glue themselves to Street Furniture or complicated structures".
Traffic diversions were being put in place.
Extinction Rebellion spokespeople have said they want people to " flood The Streets of London" and that they will " create The Most roadblocks we ever have with a new action design".
On Saturday, The Crowd sat down across Oxford Circus and the famous streets it connects, chanting " save our planet" and " whose streets? Our streets".
They carried banners that read " I Am here for nature and children" " navel gazing into disaster" and " life on earth is dying".
On Friday, two protesters from the climate movement shut down Tower Bridge by abseiling off the sides of the London landmark and unfurling a huge banner that read " end fossil fuels now".
The Bridge , a main traffic artery across the Thames, was closed to vehicles, causing long queues.
London's Labour mayor Sadiq Khan said the protest was " counter-productive" adding that demonstrators needed to win over Public Opinion at the same time as putting pressure on the Government .
Source of news: bbc.com
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