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Albert Bridge

Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the connecting on the north bank to on the south. Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish in 1873 as an Ordish–Lefeuvre system modified cable-stayed bridge, it proved to be structurally unsound, so between 1884 and 1887 Sir Joseph Bazalgette incorporated some of the design elements of a suspension bridge.
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: road bridge over the River Thames in West London
  • Also known as: “Albert Bridge Including Tollbooths, Lamp Standards And Stairs And Section Of Bridge Over The Embankment At The North End” and “Albert Bridge, London”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chelsea Physic Garden and Stamford Bridge.

Garden
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The was established as the Apothecaries' Garden in London, England, in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries to grow plants to be used as medicines. is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Albert Bridge.

Stadium
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is a football stadium in , in the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, in . It is the home of Premier League club Chelsea. is situated 1 mile west of Albert Bridge.

Bridge
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is a five-span arch bridge with cast-iron girders and granite piers crossing the in , England. It is situated on a sharp bend in the river, and links south of the river with to the north. is situated 1,400 feet west of Albert Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chelsea and World’s End.

Suburb
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is an area in , England, due south-west of by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area.

Neighborhood
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World's End is a district of , lying at the western end of the King's Road. Once a Victorian slum area, council housing was built here in the 20th century, including the brutalist architecture World's End estate.

Neighborhood
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, also known as the Sutton Estate, are a series of 14 residential buildings in , United Kingdom.

Albert Bridge

Latitude
51.48233° or 51° 28′ 56″ north
Longitude
-0.16672° or 0° 10′ 0″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Inception
August 23rd, 1873
Open location code
9C3XFRJM+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 378295023
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
6619919
Wiki­data ID
Q1972207
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Albert Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر ألبرت، لندن”
  • Arabic: “جسر ألبرت”
  • Armenian: “Ալբերտի կամուրջ”
  • Basque: “Albert zubia”
  • Bengali: “অ্যালবার্ট ব্রিজ, লন্ডন”
  • Bengali: “অ্যালবার্ট ব্রিজ”
  • Bhojpuri: “अल्बर्ट ब्रिज, लंदन”
  • Central Kurdish: “پردی ئالبێرت، لەندەن”
  • Chinese: “阿尔伯特桥”
  • Czech: “Albert Bridge”
  • Dutch: “Albert Bridge (Londen)”
  • Dutch: “Albert Bridge Including Tollbooths, Lamp Standards And Stairs And Section Of Bridge Over The Embankment At The North End”
  • Dutch: “Albert Bridge”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى البرت”
  • Finnish: “Albert Bridge”
  • French: “Albert Bridge”
  • Galician: “Albert Bridge”
  • German: “Albert Bridge”
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα του Αλβέρτου”
  • Hebrew: “גשר אלברט”
  • Italian: “Albert Bridge”
  • Japanese: “アルバート橋”
  • Korean: “앨버트 브리지”
  • Korean: “앨버트교”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Albert Bridge”
  • Norwegian: “Albert Bridge”
  • Russian: “Мост Альберта”
  • Slovak: “Albert Bridge”
  • Slovenian: “Albert Bridge”
  • Spanish: “Albert Bridge”
  • Tatar: “Альберт күпере”
  • Thai: “สะพานอัลเบิร์ท (ลอนดอน)”
  • Thai: “สะพานอัลเบิร์ท”
  • Turkish: “Albert Köprüsü (Londra)”
  • Turkish: “Albert Köprüsü”
  • Urdu: “البرٹ برج”
  • Uzbek: “Albert koʻprigi”
  • “अल्बर्ट ब्रिज, लंदन”

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