Tower Bridge, London

Tower-Bridge-Glass-Floor Tower Bridge in London is for sure a well know landmark. I'm glad i make it to visit it!!! Tower Bridge is one of five London bridges now 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 to the Southwark bank, the northern landfall being in Tower Hamlets.	Tower Bridge Tower Bridge was built between 1886–1894 and is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London which crosses the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, from which it takes its name, and has become an iconic symbol of London.	Tower Bridge The bridge consists of two towers tied together at the upper level by means of two horizontal walkways, designed to withstand the horizontal forces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge on the landward sides of the towers. The vertical component of the forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers.
Me In The Tower Bridge And here is me giving you a small "legend" about Tower Bridge. Tower Bridge is often mistaken for London Bridge, the next bridge upstream. A popular urban legend is that in 1968, Robert McCulloch, the purchaser of the old London Bridge that was later shipped to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, believed that he was in fact buying Tower Bridge. This was denied by McCulloch himself and has been debunked by Ivan Luckin, the vendor of the bridge.	Tower Bridge In The Night The bridge was officially opened on 30 June 1894 by The Prince of Wales Edward VII and his wife, The Princess of Wales Alexandra of Denmark. Construction started in 1886 and took eight years with five major contractors – Sir John Jackson, Baron Armstrong, William Webster, Sir H.H. Bartlett, and Sir William Arrol & Co. and employed 432 construction workers. E. W. Crutwell was the resident engineer for the construction.	Tower Bridge In The Water The bridge is 244 m in length with two towers each 65 m high, built on piers. The central span of 61 m between the towers is split into two equal bascules or leaves, which can be raised to an angle of 86 degrees to allow river traffic to pass. The bascules, weighing over 1,000 tons each, are counterbalanced to minimize the force required and allow raising in five minutes. The two side-spans are suspension bridges, each 82 m long. The pedestrian walkways are 44 m above the river at high tide.