Inside the towers you can observe the original mechanism used to raise the bridge. Every party of the bascule bridge weight more than 1000 ton. The bascules raised up around 1000 times a year. The bascules are lift when a ship wants to underneath the tower bridge. The bridge is made to be used 50 times a day, but these days it has only been 4to 5 times a week. From the top of the towers you have a beautiful view of the centre of London.
The bridge is 60 metre long and 43 metre high. The bridge is used for the traffic and pedestrians. This Victorian Bridge is now more then 100 years old. The bridge is designed by Sir Horace Jones that the city architect is and engineered by Sir John Wolfe Barry. So, the Tower Bridge is completed in 1894 after 8 years of construction. Then they decided to expand the bridge but that the river traffic is still possible. In 1882, a study shows that the bridge, then off 16.5 metres, received daily 22 242 vehicles and 11 525 pedestrians.
The Tower Bridge, also named London Bridge, was not enough to ensure the growing traffic at this time. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the increase of economic activities in East London makes it necessary to build a new bridge. You can find the bridge in the heart of London. You have a wonderful view over the city from these towers. The bridge has been named of his 2 towers from 65 metres high. The bridge has been built over a very famous river, the Thames. The Tower Bridge is a very important monument of London because it’s one of the symbols of London.
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