Tower Bridge. London's famous bridges

London, however, is a city where bridges are themselves a remarkable landmark. This is a business card of the city. But besides the entertainment bridges are still unique and rich in their history. About each of them you can talk a lot and quite fascinating.

At the end of the XIX century, the panorama of London was enriched with the building, which was destined to become one of the architectural symbols of the British capital - along with the ancient castle Tower, Westminster Palace and abbey, Big Ben and St. Paul's Cathedral. This is the Tower Bridge, one of the most famous and beautiful bridges in the world. On both sides of the Tower Bridge are famous sights of the city. This bridge itself is a landmark. Be sure to go for it if you are in the capital of England. After all, this bridge has long been one of its symbols.

One of the most recognizable sights in London is the Tower Swing Bridge near Castle Tower. And very often it is confused with the London Bridge, but these are two completely different structures on the Thames. London Bridge was generally the very first bridge in London.

Sections of the London Tower Bridge are not always bred to the maximum, but exactly the size of the ship sailing under it. But there is one exception: if the queen is on the ship, then regardless of its size, the bridge must be fully divorced.

The need for its construction rose sharply in the middle of the XIX century, when the population of eastern London, where the port and numerous warehouses are located, quickly began to grow. Until 1750, only one London bridge, built in Roman times, connected the banks of the Thames. As the British capital grew, new bridges were built, but all of them were located in the western part of the city.

It was necessary, however, to erect it so that the bridge structures do not interfere with the movement of vessels on the Thames. Tower Bridge is quite consistent with the technical level of the time. It has become the largest and most complex drawbridge in the world. His two massive pillars go deep into the bed of the river, more than 11 thousand tons of steel were used to create the structures of towers and spans.

Outside, steel structures are dressed in Cornwall granite and portland stone. Two impressive views of the neo-Gothic towers on granite grounds, decorated with decorative stonework, rise above the Thames to a height of 63 m each. It is believed that these towers gave the name of the bridge. Another version, the name of the bridge comes from the nearby ancient London Tower Castle.

London Pass is a special pass, the acquisition of which makes it possible to visit more than 60 sights of London. In addition, many attractions, museums, etc. in London, usually crazy queues. And with this pass, you can bypass them, though not everywhere. But where you can pass the queue, you will save at least half an hour of precious tourist time. A complete list of London attractions, where the London Pass gives you free admission, can be found on their website. This includes Tower Castle, a cruise on the Thames, and a boat trip on the Regents Canal, and a red bus ride Hop on Hop off, and the London Zoo, and Westminster Abbey, and Windsor Castle, and Kensington Palace, and Hampton Court, and more than 20 museums, and the Royal Stables, and more.

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