London Bridge
Coordinates: 51°30′29″N 0°05′16″W / 51.50806°N 0.08778°W
London Bridge | |
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![]() The current London Bridge opened in 1973 | |
Coordinates | 51°30′29″N 0°05′16″W / 51.50806°N 0.08778°W |
Carries | Five lanes of the A3 |
Crosses | River Thames |
Locale | Central Lunnon |
Mainteened bi | Bridge House Estates, City of London Corporation |
Precedit bi | Cannon Street Railway Bridge |
Follaed bi | Tower Bridge |
Chairacteristics | |
Design | Prestressed concrete box girder bridge |
Tot lenth | 269 m (882.5 ft) |
Width | 32 m (105.0 ft) |
Langest span | 104 m (341.2 ft) |
Clearance ablo | 8.9 m (29.2 ft) |
Design life | Modren brig (1971–present) Victorian stone airch (1832–1968) Medieval stone airch (1176–1832) Various widden brigs (AD50–1176) |
History | |
Opened | 17 Mairch 1973 |
Several heestorical brigs named London Bridge (Scots: Lunnon Brig) hae spanned the River Thames atween the Ceety o Lunnon an Southwark, in central Lunnon. The current crossin, which opened tae traffic in 1974, is a box girder brig biggit frae concrete an steel.