Tower Bridge
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Tower Bridge (Scots: Touer Brig) is a combined bascule an suspension brig in Lunnon.
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Tower Bridge | |
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Tower Bridge viewed frae Shad Thames | |
Carries | A100 Tower Bridge Road |
Crosses | River Thames |
Locale | Lunnon boroughs: ā north side: Tower Hamlets ā sooth side: Southwark |
Mainteened bi | Bridge House Estates |
Heritage status | Grade I leetit structur |
Precedit bi | London Bridge |
Follaed bi | Queen Elizabeth II Bridge |
Chairacteristics | |
Design | Bascule bridge / Suspension Bridge |
Tot lenth | 801 feet (244 m) |
Hicht | 213 feet (65 m) |
Langest span | 270 feet (82.3 m) |
Clearance ablo | 8.6 metre (28 ft) (closed) 42.5 metre (139 ft) (open) (mean heich watter spring tide) |
History | |
Opened | 30 Juin 1894; 129 years ago (1894-06-30) |
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