• When it was built, Tower Bridge was the largest and most sophisticated bascule bridge ever completed (‘bascule‘ comes from the French word for ‘seesaw’).
  • The Tower Bridge is also an important landmark, and so there are various ways to go from the London City Center to the Tower Bridge.
  • The bridge connected Horselydown Lane, today Tower Bridge Road, with Iron Gate, today Tower Bridge Approach.
  • 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.
  • Tower Bridge, movable bridge of the double-leaf bascule (drawbridge) type that spans the River Thames between the Greater London boroughs of Tower...
  • During the construction of the bridge, almost 50 designs were taken into consideration, these 50 designs can be viewed at Tower Bridge Exhibition.
  • On one of the top floors, there's a photo exhibition of the world’s most famous bridges, including Tower Bridge. London’s iconic symbol.
  • Tower Bridge is a London icon and an engineering marvel. One of the first steel bridges in the world, it employed cutting edge steam and hydraulic technology.
  • Tower Bridge London, the world’s most recognizable suspension bridge, is one of those tourist spots that you just can’t miss in London.
  • Tower BridgeTower Bridge is host to the Tower Bridge Experience which offers visitors a chance to walk in the covered walkway atop the bridge.