The bridge opened in 1894 and, with its towers, looks older than it is. Up on the high-level walkways you look through the glass floor down onto the traffic and the Thames, and in the engine rooms stand the steam engines that once raised the bascules. When the bridge opens for a larger ship, it’s worth watching from the riverbank. Afterwards, stroll to the old warehouses of Shad Thames.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the City Bridge Foundation, a charitable trust founded in 1282.
The bridge was constructed to connect the 39% of London's population that lived east of London Bridge, equivalent to the populations of "Manchester on the one side, and Liverpool on the other", while allowing shipping to access the Pool of London between the Tower of London and London Bridge. The bridge was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales, and Alexandra, Princess of Wales, on 30 June 1894.
The bridge is 940 feet (290 m) in length including the abutments and consists of two 213-foot (65 m) bridge towers connected at the upper level by two horizontal walkways, and a central pair of bascules that can open to allow shipping.
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HMS BelfastSecond World War cruiser moored in front of Tower Bridge. You can explore it across nine decks.
The View from The ShardPaid viewing platform at the very top of Britain's tallest building, partly open to the sky.
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