Global Information Lookup Global Information

Southwark Bridge information


Southwark Bridge
Coordinates51°30′32″N 0°05′40″W / 51.5089°N 0.0944°W / 51.5089; -0.0944
CarriesA300 road
CrossesRiver Thames
LocaleSouthwark, London
Maintained byBridge House Estates,
City of London Corporation
Heritage statusGrade II listed structure
Preceded byMillennium Bridge
Followed byCannon Street Railway Bridge
Characteristics
Total length800 feet (243.8 m)
Width55 feet (16.8 m)
Longest span240 feet (73.2 m)
History
Opened6 June 1921; 103 years ago (1921-06-06)
Location
Map

Southwark Bridge (/ˈsʌðərk/ SUDH-ərk)[1] is an arch bridge in London, for traffic linking the district of Southwark and the City across the River Thames. Besides when others are closed for temporary repairs, it has the least traffic of the Thames bridges in London.

  1. ^ "Southwark". The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World. New York: Columbia University Press. 1952.

and 23 Related for: Southwark Bridge information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8224 seconds.)

Southwark Bridge

Last Update:

Southwark Bridge (/ˈsʌðərk/ SUDH-ərk) is an arch bridge in London, for traffic linking the district of Southwark and the City across the River Thames....

Word Count : 767

Southwark

Last Update:

first bridge. London's historic core, the City of London, lay north of the bridge and for centuries the area of Southwark just south of the bridge was partially...

Word Count : 3991

London Borough of Southwark

Last Update:

The London Borough of Southwark (/ˈsʌðərk/ SUDH-ərk) in South London forms part of Inner London and is connected by bridges across the River Thames to...

Word Count : 4344

London Bridge

Last Update:

The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London...

Word Count : 5403

City Bridge Foundation

Last Update:

occasions replaced, London Bridge. The foundation also built Blackfriars Bridge and Tower Bridge, and purchased Southwark Bridge from the toll-exacting private...

Word Count : 1140

Southwark Bridge Road

Last Update:

Southwark Bridge Road is a road in Southwark, London, England, between Newington Causeway near Elephant and Castle and Southwark Bridge across the River...

Word Count : 355

Tower Bridge

Last Update:

maintenance of London Bridge that subsequently expanded to cover Tower Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, Southwark Bridge and the Millennium Bridge. Sir John Wolfe...

Word Count : 7865

Southwark Cathedral

Last Update:

south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Southwark. It has been a place of Christian worship for...

Word Count : 4712

Southwark Towers

Last Update:

Southwark Towers was a high rise building at 32 London Bridge Street, designed by TP Bennett architects, overlooking London Bridge station, in Southwark...

Word Count : 392

Borough Market

Last Update:

Market is located on Southwark Street and Borough High Street just south of Southwark Cathedral on the southern end of London Bridge. The retail market...

Word Count : 1389

List of bridges in London

Last Update:

public art commissions. The first phase - Southwark Bridge, Millennium Bridge, London Bridge and Cannon Street Bridge - was switched on in July 2019. The Illuminated...

Word Count : 633

City of London

Last Update:

five bridges across the Thames in its capacity as trustee of the Bridge House Estates: Blackfriars Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Southwark Bridge, London...

Word Count : 11993

Southwark Playhouse

Last Update:

Southwark Playhouse is a theatre in London, located between Borough and Elephant and Castle tube stations. The Southwark Playhouse Theatre Company was...

Word Count : 1074

Blackfriars Bridge

Last Update:

London Borough of Southwark, near the Tate Modern art gallery and the Oxo Tower. Opened in the 1860s, it replaced an earlier bridge from the 1760s. The...

Word Count : 1672

Southwark Street

Last Update:

east. It also connects the access routes for London Bridge, Southwark Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge. At the eastern end to the north is Borough Market...

Word Count : 638

The Shard

Last Update:

concrete tower of the Emley Moor transmitting station. The Shard replaced Southwark Towers, a 24-storey office block built on the site in 1975. The Shard's...

Word Count : 5061

River Thames

Last Update:

two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark Bridge which is of iron, and London Bridge which is of stone, as an autumn evening was closing...

Word Count : 14776

Marchioness disaster

Last Update:

dredger Bowbelle at about 1:46 am, between Cannon Street railway bridge and Southwark Bridge. Marchioness had been hired for the evening for a birthday party...

Word Count : 8176

Southwark tube station

Last Update:

those at Waterloo and London Bridge; Southwark station was added after lobbying by the local council as well as North Southwark and Bermondsey MP Simon Hughes...

Word Count : 1096

South London

Last Update:

the area being a direct result of the existence and location of the bridge. Southwark was first known as Suthriganaweorc, the fortress of the men of Surrey...

Word Count : 1390

Bermondsey

Last Update:

the London Borough of Southwark, England, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of Charing Cross. To the west of Bermondsey lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe...

Word Count : 3866

Bankside

Last Update:

along the bank of the Thames'. In 1860 Southwark Street was created to connect the Blackfriars and London bridge crossings here and that can be regarded...

Word Count : 671

Big Ben

Last Update:

Bridge London Bridge Millennium Bridge Putney Bridge Richmond Bridge Southwark Bridge Tower Bridge Vauxhall Bridge Waterloo Bridge Westminster Bridge...

Word Count : 6924

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net