London Bridge

Since Roman times, several crossings named London Bridge have spanned the between the and in . The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 1973, is a box girder bridge built from concrete and steel.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: road bridge across River Thames in London, opened in 1973
  • Also known as: “런던 브릿지”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: The Shard and The Tower of London.

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, also referred to as London Bridge… is situated 1,400 feet south of London Bridge.

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, officially His Majesty's Royal… is situated 2,600 feet east of London Bridge.

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The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. is situated 1,700 feet west of London Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bankside and Southwark.

Quarter
is an area of , England, within the .

Suburb
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is a district of situated…

Quarter
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was a gate in the former defensive wall around the .

London Bridge

Latitude
51.50802° or 51° 30′ 29″ north
Longitude
-0.08768° or 0° 5′ 16″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Established
March 16th, 1973
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9C3XGW56+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 378493707
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6619889
Wiki­data ID
Q130206
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“London Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ura e Londrës”
  • Arabic: “جسر لندن”
  • Armenian: “Լոնդոնի կամուրջ”
  • Asturian: “Ponte de Londres”
  • Azerbaijani: “London körpüsü”
  • Basque: “Londresko zubia”
  • Belarusian: “Лёнданскі мост”
  • Belarusian: “Лонданскі мост”
  • Bengali: “লন্ডন ব্রিজ”
  • Bosnian: “Londonski most”
  • Breton: “London Bridge”
  • Bulgarian: “Лондонски мост”
  • Burmese: “လန်ဒန်တံတား”
  • Catalan: “merda”
  • Catalan: “Pont de Londres”
  • Central Kurdish: “پردی لەندەن”
  • Chinese: “伦敦桥”
  • Cornish: “Pons Loundres”
  • Croatian: “Londonski most”
  • Czech: “London Bridge”
  • Danish: “London Bridge”
  • Dutch: “London Bridge”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى لندن”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto de Londono”
  • Estonian: “London Bridge”
  • Finnish: “London Bridge”
  • French: “pont de Londres”
  • French: “Pont de Londres”
  • Galician: “Ponte de Londres”
  • Georgian: “ლონდონის ხიდი”
  • German: “London Bridge”
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα του Λονδίνου”
  • Hebrew: “גשר לונדון”
  • Hindi: “लंदन ब्रिज”
  • Hungarian: “London Bridge”
  • Ido: “London-ponto”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan London”
  • Irish: “Droichead Londan”
  • Italian: “London Bridge”
  • Japanese: “ロンドン橋”
  • Kannada: “ಲಂಡನ್ ಸೇತುವೆ”
  • Kashmiri: “لندن بِرٛج”
  • Korean: “런던 브리지”
  • Korean: “런던교”
  • Latin: “Pons Londiniensis”
  • Latvian: “Londonas tilts”
  • Lithuanian: “Londono tiltas”
  • Macedonian: “Лондонски мост”
  • Malay: “Jambatan London”
  • Malayalam: “ലണ്ടൻ പാലം”
  • Marathi: “लंडन ब्रिज”
  • Mongolian: “Лондонгийн гүүр”
  • Mongolian: “Лондоны гүүр”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “London Bridge”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “London Bridge”
  • Norwegian: “London Bridge”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lundene Brycg”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੰਡਨ ਬ੍ਰਿਜ”
  • Persian: “پل لندن”
  • Polish: “London Bridge”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte de Londres”
  • Pushto: “د لندن پل”
  • Romanian: “Podul Londrei”
  • Russian: “Лондонский мост”
  • Scots: “London Bridge”
  • Serbian: “Лондонски мост”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Londonski most”
  • Slovak: “London Bridge”
  • Slovenian: “Londonski most”
  • Spanish: “London Bridge”
  • Spanish: “Puente de Londres”
  • Swedish: “London Bridge”
  • Tamil: “இலண்டன் பாலம்”
  • Tatar: “London küpere”
  • Telugu: “లండన్ వంతెన”
  • Thai: “สะพานลอนดอน”
  • Turkish: “Londra Köprüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Лондонський міст”
  • Urdu: “لندن پل”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu London”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Luân Đôn”
  • Welsh: “Pont Llundain”
  • Western Frisian: “London Bridge”
  • Western Panjabi: “لندن پل”
  • Wu Chinese: “伦敦桥”
  • Yue Chinese: “倫敦橋”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Monument and Borough Market.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Old Swan Pier and Robert R Wright & Peter Docking.

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