Nothing more then a regular concrete bridge like you would find in any city around the world. :)
We were actually running a head of the London schedule – which was great. Next on the list was to go to the Tower of London since the last tour started at 3:30 pm and then we were going to hit up the London Bridge. Since we were doing great on time and the bridge were on our way to the Tower we went there next.
As children you learn the song/nursery rhyme “London Bridge is Falling down” and see pictures of an elaborate ornate bridge. Those pictures often depict the Tower Bridge which is the next bridge upstream from the London Bridge and an iconic symbol of the city. In addition the current London Bridge is not even the original one. There have been several bridges dating back to 55 AD in the location of the current London Bridge.
The London Bridge just preceding the current one was designed by John Rennie in the 1820’s. By the mid 1960’s the bridge was falling apart and need to be replaced and the London City Council came up with an interesting plan….
We were actually running a head of the London schedule – which was great. Next on the list was to go to the Tower of London since the last tour started at 3:30 pm and then we were going to hit up the London Bridge. Since we were doing great on time and the bridge were on our way to the Tower we went there next.
As children you learn the song/nursery rhyme “London Bridge is Falling down” and see pictures of an elaborate ornate bridge. Those pictures often depict the Tower Bridge which is the next bridge upstream from the London Bridge and an iconic symbol of the city. In addition the current London Bridge is not even the original one. There have been several bridges dating back to 55 AD in the location of the current London Bridge.
The London Bridge just preceding the current one was designed by John Rennie in the 1820’s. By the mid 1960’s the bridge was falling apart and need to be replaced and the London City Council came up with an interesting plan….
In 1967, the Common Council of the City of London placed the bridge on the market and began to look for potential buyers. Council member Ivan Luckin had put forward the idea of selling the bridge, and recalled: "They all thought I was completely crazy when I suggested we should sell London Bridge when it needed replacing." On 18 April 1968, Rennie's bridge was sold to the American entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch of McCulloch Oil for US$2,460,000. The claim that McCulloch believed mistakenly that he was buying the more impressive Tower Bridge was denied by Luckin in a newspaper interview. As the bridge was taken apart, each piece was numbered to aid re-assembly. The bridge was reconstructed at Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and re-dedicated on 10 October 1971. The reconstruction of Rennie's London Bridge spans the Bridgewater Channel canal that leads from Lake Havasu to Thomson Bay, and forms the centrepiece of a theme park in English style, complete with a Tudor period shopping mall. Rennie's London Bridge has become Arizona's second-biggest tourist attraction, after the Grand Canyon.
This is the London Bridge.
It’s sign. 
This is the Tower Bridge (taken from the London Bridge) As you can see it is the more picturesque of the bridges.Me on the London Bridge with the Tower Bridge in the background.
Shannon with the Tower Bridge.
I love this picture of the Tower Bridge in the rain with the pop of color coming from the umbrellas. 
Next stop the Tower of London....
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