London Bridge Blogs

Day One Hundred and Three - London Bridge Station, SE1

My train was cancelled this morning so I took the opportunity to take an alternative route to work, via London Bridge (and then onto the Jubilee Line to Westminster and the District Line to St James' Park), so that I could take a picture of my favourite billboard ad ever. It's been there years and I laugh every time I see it. I think they both wish he had a bigger package.

Intrepid urban explorers from Londonist spend the night amongst the human remains in the catacombs beneath London Bridge. Includes spooky video.

Coordinates: 51°30′29″N, 0°05′16″W

London Bridge
London Bridge, illuminated at dusk
Carries	5 lanes of A3
Crosses	River Thames
Locale	Inner London
Maintained by	GLA
Design	prestressed concrete box girder bridge
Longest span	104 m (340 ft)
Total length	262 m (860 ft)
Width	32 m (107 ft)
Clearance below	8.9 m (29 ft)
Opening date	1973
Coordinates	51°30′29″N, 0°05′16″W

London Bridge is a bridge in London, England over the River Thames, between the City of London and Southwark. It is between Cannon Street Railway Bridge and Tower Bridge; it also forms the western end of the Pool of London. London's original bridge made this one of the most famous bridge emplacements in the world. It was the only bridge over the Thames in London until Westminster Bridge was opened in 1750.

On the south side of the bridge is Southwark Cathedral and London Bridge station. On the north side is the Monument to the Great Fire of London and Monument tube station.

The bridge is designated part of the A3 road, maintained by the Greater London Authority, although the bridge is privately owned and maintained by the Bridge House Trust charity.

Tower Bridge is often mistakenly referred to as London Bridge.

The area between London Bridge and Tower Bridge on the south side of the Thames is managed by the London Bridge Business Improvement District (BID) Company.