Carries: 5 lanes of A3
Crosses: River Thames
Locale: Inner London
Maintained by: Bridge House Estates, City of London Corporation
Design: prestressed concrete box girder bridge
Total length: 269 m (882.5 ft)
Width: 32 m (105.0 ft)
Opened: 17 March 1973
London Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames, connecting the City of London and Southwark, in central London.
Situated between Cannon Street Railway Bridge and Tower Bridge, it forms the western end of the Pool of London.
On the south side of the bridge are
Southwark Cathedral and London Bridge station; on the north side are the
Monument to the Great Fire of London and Monument tube station.
It was the only bridge over the Thames
downstream from Kingston until Putney Bridge opened in 1729. The current
bridge opened on 17 March 1973 and is the latest in a succession of
bridges to occupy the spot and claim the name.
The bridge carries part of the A3 road,
which is maintained by the Greater London Authority; the bridge itself
is owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, an independent
charity overseen by the City of London Corporation.
The area between London Bridge and Tower
Bridge on the south side of the Thames is a business improvement
district (BID) and is managed by Team London Bridge.
