Tower Bridge at Night full
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Tower Bridge at Night full
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
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Photograph - Photograph
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Tower Bridge at night. London, UK. Full version.
Night view of the iconic bridge and the Tower of London next to it.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894. It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust founded in 1282. The bridge was constructed to give better access to the East End of London, which had expanded its commercial potential in the 19th century.
The bridge is 800 feet long and consists of two 213 feet bridge towers connected at the upper level by two horizontal walkways, and a central pair of bascules that can open to permit the pass of ships. Hydraulically powered at first, the operating mechanism was converted to an electro-hydraulic system in 1972. The bridge is part of the A100 London Inner Ring Road and thus the boundary of the London congestion charge zone, and remains an important traffic route with 40,000 crossings every day. The bridge deck is freely accessible to both vehicles and pedestrians, whereas the bridge's twin towers, high-level walkways and Victorian engine rooms form part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition.
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September 6th, 2022
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