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Tower Bridge

Built: 1886 - 1894
Status: in use
Location: Between Tower Hamlets, London, England, United Kingdom and Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom
Crosses: Thames River
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Structural Type:
Bascule bridge
Function / usage:
Road bridge

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Builder Sir William Arrol
Architect Sir Horace Jones
Engineer Henry Marc Brunel
  John Wolfe-Barry

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
towers  steel
deck of main bridge  steel
veneer  masonry
Dimensions
  main span 79 m
  length of side spans 82.3 m
  total length 286.50 m
  height of foot bridges 43 m

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External LinkG. M. Beresford Hartwell: Tower Bridge English
External LinkG. M. Beresford Hartwell: Tower Bridge, London - Bascule Section English
External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Tower Bridge English
External LinkPBS: Building Big - Tower Bridge English
External LinkPlanète TP: Le Tower Bridge French
External LinkTower Bridge English
External LinkWhere Thames Smooth Waters Glide - Tower Bridge English

Relevant Literature
* Famous London spans due for a repaint, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2008, n. 51 v. 14 .
* Vom Bau der Towerbrücke in London, in "Stahl und Eisen", 1892 .
* Barkhausen, G.   Die neue Brücke über die Themse in London unterhalb des Towers, in "Zeitschrift des VDI", 1894 v. 38 .
* Brown, David J.   Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA) , ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 74-75.
* Dupré, Judith   Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 62-63.
* Dupré, Judith   Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 62-63.
* Dupré, Judith   Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004109; pp. 62-63.
* Eiselen, Fr.   Die Tower-Brücke in London, in "Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung", 1894 v. 14 .
* Graf, Bernhard   Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 78-79.
* Graf, Bernhard   Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 78-79.
* Liddell, Ian   An Engineer's Guide to Interesting Structures in London; pp. 41.
* Portman, Derek   Henry Marc Brunel - Civil Engineer, in "Construction History", 2004 v. 20 .
* Prade, Marcel   Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 272-273.
* Quaranta, Arnaud   Le Passage (1st edition), Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg) , ISBN 287996976X, 1999; pp. 160-163.
* Russell, Helena   Back to basics, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2009, n. 57 v. 15 .
* Stanley, R. P.   Extending the useful life of the Tower Bridge in London, presented at Extending the Lifespan of Structures, IABSE Symposium, San Francisco, August 1995.
* Tuit, J. E.   The Tower Bridge, its History and Construction from the Date of the earliest Project to the present Time, Office of "The Engineer", London (United Kingdom) , 1894.
* Wittfoht, Hans   Buiding bridges, Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany) , ISBN 3764001763, 1984.

 
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