Tower Bridge

A combined bascule and suspension bridge built between 1886 and 1894, and one of five Thames crossings owned and managed by City Bridge Foundation, which spends around £30 million a year on them under an endowment dating from the 11th century and a 50-year forward maintenance plan. The Foundation states that its bridges are "maintained and repaired at zero cost to the public taxpayer". Putney.news, comparing it with the boroughs' failing cast-iron spans, put the contrast plainly: "There is no bridge crisis at Tower Bridge. The endowment is the difference." When the bridge closes to vehicles for the Big Half on 6 September 2026 it stays open to pedestrians and as a visitor attraction.

Bridge Name

Tower Bridge

Category: Culture & History

Tags: bascule, city-bridge-foundation, endowment, visitor-attraction

Coordinates: 51.5036408, -0.0767172

Part of The bridges over the Thames inside London

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