- Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 and opened in 1894, to designs by Sir Horace Jones.
- Tower Bridge is one of the finest and most recognizable bridges in the world.
- The Bridge is 800 feet in length and the towers are 213 feet in height.
- Tower Bridge is one of the most emblematic symbols of London and makes for a beautiful photo of Britain’s capital.
- The deck of the bridge is suspended by cables attached to high towers, making it a suspension bridge.
- Amongst the most iconic bridges in the city, the Tower Bridge London, located on River Thames, is also a major landmark symbolic to this city.
- Tower Bridge lit up at night in red, white, and blue for the Coronation.
- Tower Bridge is made up of more than 11,000 tons of steel and the foundations needed more than 70,000 tons of concrete to support the structure.
- Tower Bridge is still very much in use – over 40,000 people cross Tower Bridge each day, and it opens to allow tall ships to pass through an average of twice a...
- When it was finally finished in 1894 – working having begun in 1886 – Tower Bridge was steam-powered (seriously)...