The current London Bridge opened in 1973. |Carries||5 lanes of
A3| |Maintained by||Bridge House Estates, City of London
Corporation |Design||Prestressed concrete box girder bridge|
|Total length||269 m (882.5 ft)| |Width||32 m (105.0 ft)|
|Longest span||104 m (341.2 ft)| |Clearance below||8.9 m (29.2
ft)| |Design life||Modern bridge (1971-) Victorian stone arch
(1832-1968) Medieval stone arch (1176-1832) Various wooden
bridges (AD50-1176) |Opened||17 March 1973| London Bridge refers
to several bridges that have spanned the River Thames between
the City of London and Southwark, in central London. The current
crossing, which opened to traffic in 1973, is a box girder
bridge constructed from concrete and steel. It replaced a 19th-
century stone-arched bridge, which in turn superseded a
600-year-old medieval structure. This was preceded by a
succession of timber bridges; the first was built by the Roman
founders of London. The current bridge still stands at the
western end of the Pool of London but it is positione