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 * 1) What is the name of the bridge? **Millennium Bridge**
 * 2) ====== When and where was the bridge built? **It was built in** **London, from 1998 to 2000**======
 * 3) What is the purpose of this bridge? What does it span and what does it connect? **to allow people to walk over the Thames it spans meters** **over the river Thames and links the bank side and the city.**
 * 4) Why was this bridge needed? **it was needed to look good and create a** **pedestrian only bridge**
 * 5) What type of bridge is it (arch, suspension, cable, beam, etc.)? **It is a suspension bridge**
 * 6) How much did it cost? **it cost 18 million pounds**
 * 7) What materials were used to build this bridge? **Mostly steel. among other materials.**
 * 8) What were some of the special challenges that the bridge engineers faced? How did they overcome these challenges? **they didn't overcome the resonance created by walking over it.**
 * 9) How long did it take to build this bridge? **it took 2 years**
 * 10) What are the measurements of this bridge? **lenght: 370 meters with: 4 meters span: 144**
 * 11) Did you find any fun or interesting facts or stories about this bridge? **I did. The resonance and shaking** **produced by pedestrians is so strong that people felt insecure on it, so it had to be closed two days after opening and had to be revised and reconstructed from 2000 to 2002. it was featured in the movie harry potter 5.[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/London_millenium_wobbly_bridge.jpg width="799" height="584"]]media type="youtube" key="SoH-6oD8oXA" width="425" height="350"**