Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London. It is a iconic symbol of
London. The construction started in 1886 and took 8 years. It has become 122
years from past to now. 432 construction workers employed. The bridge was
officially opened on 30 June 1894 by the Prince of Wales and ,his wife, the
Princess of Wales. It is the one of the Trust’s bridges not to connect the City
of London directly to the Southwark Bank , as its northern landfall is in Tower
Hamlets. The bridge consist of two bridge towers which was tied together at the
upper level by two horizontal walkways . The bridge is 800 feet (240 metres) in
length with two towers each 213 feet (65 metres) high, built on piers. The main
bridge deck carries two lanes of road traffic between two low-level pedestrian
walkways across both suspension spans and the opening bascule section of the
bridge, with the walkways separated from the roadway by fences. The roadway
passes through each of the two towers, whereas the low-level walkways pass
around the outside of the towers. The bridge's present colour scheme dates from
1977, when it was painted red, white and blue for Queen Elizabeth II's Silver
Jubilee. The bridge deck is freely accessible
to both vehicles and pedestrians.
SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge
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