- Tower Bridge is 240 metres (800 feet) long and 76 metres (250 feet) wide. It is made up of two 61-metre-tall towers (200 feet) connected by horizontal walkways.
- The 11 meter (36 ft) long glass floors, more than 40 meters above the river, allow you to observe the traffic over the Tower Bridge from above.
- The primary purpose behind the invention of Tower Bridge is to facilitate vehicles and people to get through the other end of the river comfortably.
- The most famous example of the bascule bridge is the Tower Bridge across the River Thames in the heart of London.
- For years, Tower Bridge has remained an emblem of the London Skyline and it has been attracting an adequate number of visitors from all around the world.
- One of the most famous river crossings in the world, Tower Bridge isn’t actually that old, at over 125 years.
- The bridge connected Horselydown Lane, today Tower Bridge Road, with Iron Gate, today Tower Bridge Approach.
- Tower Bridge Facts for Kids
- Tower Bridge was built between 1886 and 1894
- Steam-driven hydraulic pumps operated the bridge until 1976
- A copy of the Tower Bridge towers can be seen in Suzhou, China. The bridge is a suspension bridge and a drawbridge at the same time.
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