2 June 2021 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General, London
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Tower Bridge is a combined
bascule and
suspension bridge in
London, built between 1886 and 1894. The bridge crosses the
River Thames close to the
Tower of London and
St Katharine Docks and has become a world-famous symbol of London. As a result, it is sometimes confused with
London Bridge, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) upstream. Tower Bridge is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the
Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the
City of London Corporation. It is the only one of the trust’s bridges not to connect the City of London directly to the
Southwark bank, as its northern landfall is in
Tower Hamlets.
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