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The first confirmed bungee jumper was stunt performer Skip Stanley also known as "Blue Bandit" who leapt from the bridge during the 1985 Bridge Day. [13] In 1992, New Zealander Chris Allum, bungee jumped 823 ft (251 m) from the bridge to set a world's record for the longest bungee jump from a fixed structure, stopping about 40 feet above the river.
In Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, "brugdag" ("bridge" day) is used. In the Netherlands also "Klemdag" is used. In France, a bridge idiom is used: faire le pont ("to make the bridge") is used to mean taking additional holiday days. For example, if there is already an official holiday on Thursday, one could "faire le pont" on the ...
The 125th anniversary of the bridge's opening was celebrated by a five-day event on May 22–26, 2008, which included a live performance by the Brooklyn Philharmonic, a special lighting of the bridge's towers, and a fireworks display. [385]
[227] [11] The bridge saw 40,000 vehicles on its first full day, July 12, [232] and about 1,000 vehicles an hour on July 13, its first full weekdays. [233] The TBA recorded 242,000 total vehicles in the bridge's first week, [ 234 ] 953,100 during the first month, [ 235 ] and 2.7 million in its first three months.
London Bridge was the one bridge not subsequently stripped of the illuminations, which are regularly switched on at night. [ citation needed ] The current London Bridge is often shown in films, news and documentaries showing the throng of commuters journeying to work into the City from London Bridge Station (south to north).
One Day Remains is the debut studio album by American rock band Alter Bridge, released on August 10, 2004, on Wind-up Records.The album was produced by Ben Grosse, [1] making it the band's only album to not be produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette as of 2020; additionally, it is the only release by the band on which lead singer Myles Kennedy does not play guitar.
The bridge collapsed in June 1972 after a fire and a new one was built in its place. [58] In 2013, a memorial marker for the song was added south of the new bridge as part of the Mississippi Country Music Trail. [59] Rolling Stone included "Ode To Billie Joe" at number 419 on its 2003 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. [60]
"Composed upon Westminster Bridge, 3 September 1802" is a Petrarchan sonnet by William Wordsworth describing London and the River Thames, viewed from Westminster Bridge in the early morning. It was first published in the collection Poems, in Two Volumes in 1807.