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The Opening of New London Bridge is an 1832 history painting by the British artist Clarkson Stanfield. [1] [2] It portrays the opening of New London Bridge on 1 August 1831 by William IV. A new bridge to replace the medieval structure was designed John Rennie the Elder and partly overseen by his son John Rennie the Younger.
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 1973, is a box girder bridge built from concrete and steel.
The Gold Star Memorial Bridge is a pair of steel truss bridges that carry both Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1 across the Thames River between New London, Connecticut and Groton, Connecticut. The bridge is the largest structure in the state, with more than 1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m 2 ) of deck area, and the longest bridge in the state at 6,000 ...
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London Bridge is a bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.United States. When it was built in the 1830s, it spanned the River Thames in London, England.In 1968, the bridge was purchased from the City of London by Robert P. McCulloch.
In 1968, McCulloch was searching for a unique attraction for his city, which eventually took him to London. By the early 1960s it was apparent that John Rennie's 1831 "New" London Bridge was gradually sinking into the River Thames and the City of London Corporation decided that a new bridge was needed. Rather than demolish the existing bridge ...
"New" London Bridge was built from 1824 to 1831, with the adjacent "Old" London Bridge fully dismantled by 1832. [124] New Westminster Bridge, made of cast iron and resting on seven arches, was opened in 1862, replacing its unstable predecessor, and Blackfriars Bridge was demolished and rebuilt in cast iron beginning in 1864. [125]
New London County Historical Society, Shaw-Perkins Mansion (1758) [43] New London Maritime Society, U.S. Custom House (1833), [44] landing site of Amistad (1839) Fishers Island (7 miles off the coast of New London, but part of New York) [45] Connecticut College Arboretum; Fort Griswold (Groton) Fort Trumbull; United States Coast Guard Academy