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Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge [1] in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. [2]
The Shard, [a] also referred to as the Shard London Bridge [12] and formerly London Bridge Tower, [13] is a pyramid-shaped 72-storey mixed-use development supertall skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development.
A view of bridges in the City of London, looking westwards (upstream): Tower Bridge to Westminster Bridge. List of bridges in London lists the major bridges within Greater London or within the influence of London. Most of these are river crossings, and the best-known are those across the River Thames. Several bridges on other rivers have given ...
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that ... The music video for the track features the singer on a boat near London's Tower Bridge, [61 ...
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets , which is separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open ...
Arriva London Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Dennis Dart SLF in Bishopsgate in June 2009. On 30 December 1952, a number 78 double-decker bus was crossing Tower Bridge.At that time, the gateman would ring a warning bell and close the gates when the bridge was clear before the watchman ordered the raising of the bridge.
Brunel is noted for a partnership from 1878 with Sir John Wolfe Barry, with whom he designed the Blackfriars Railway Bridge and (after Sir Horace Jones died) Tower Bridge [2] over the River Thames in central London. The profit share in the partnership demonstrated Barry's leadership of the new firm with Brunel being limited to 10% of the ...
Tower Bridge is a bridge in England. Tower Bridge may also refer to: Tower Bridge (Sacramento, California), a bridge in Sacrimento. Tower Bridge Quay, the quay on the River Thames. Tower Bridge railway station, railway station in Ireland. California State Route 275, also known as Tower Bridge Gateway. Tower Bridge Road, one of the London Inner ...