Vauxhall Bridge facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Vauxhall Bridge |
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| Carries | 4 lanes of roadway, cyclists, and pedestrians |
| Crosses | River Thames |
| Locale | London |
| Preceded by | Regent Bridge (Old Vauxhall Bridge) 1816–1898 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Arch bridge |
| Material | Steel and granite |
| Total length | 809 feet (247 m) |
| Width | 80 feet (24 m) |
| Number of spans | 5 |
| Piers in water | 4 |
| Clearance below | 39 feet 9 inches (12.1 m) at lowest astronomical tide |
| History | |
| Designer | Sir Alexander Binnie, Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice |
| Opened | 26 May 1906 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 50,533 vehicles (2004) |
Vauxhall Bridge is a steel and granite bridge in central London. It crosses the River Thames in a north-west south-east direction between Vauxhall on the south bank and Westminster on the north bank.
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History
Vauzhall Bridge in 1906. It replaced an earlier bridge as part of a program for redeveloping the south bank of the Thames. The original bridge was itself built on the site of a former ferry.
The building of both bridges was difficult, with both the first and second bridges needing multiple redesigns from multiple architects. The original bridge, the first iron bridge over the Thames, was built by a private company and was run as a toll bridge before being taken into public ownership in 1879. The second bridge, which took eight years to build, was the first in London to carry trams and later one of the first two roads in London to have a bus lane.
The present bridge is most significant for road traffic across the Thames.
In June 2012, the bridge was highlighted on the route of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the Thames.
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Images for kids
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Westminster & Lambeth, 1746. Westminster Bridge, opened in 1740, connects Westminster to Lambeth; Huntley Ferry crosses the river on the site of the future Vauxhall Bridge.
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New Spring Gardens, 1751
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Regent Bridge shortly after opening
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Vauxhall Bridge in 1829
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Vauxhall Bridge and Nine Elms station in 1847
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Diverted outflow of the River Effra into the Thames, beneath Drury's Science
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Pomeroy's Pottery
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Pomeroy's Agriculture
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2009 view of Vauxhall Bridge, from upstream on the south bank
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The SIS Building now dominates the southern end of the bridge
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A slipway on the south bank is used by amphibious buses
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See also
In Spanish: Puente de Vauxhall para niños
