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Jason Levy

The name of my bridge is, The Millennium Bridge. It was built in London, England in 1980. The bridge was built simply to span over the Thames River and walking purposes. It spans over the Thames River. It connects a boardwalk, to downtown London. There was no need for the bridge to be built expect for the reason to get civilians across the Thames River. The Millennium Bridge is a cable bridge. The bridge cost £18.2 million. A combination of different metals make up the bridge. The engineers faced many challenges, they had to shut down the bridge for two years after first opening, due to the fact that it was too wobble. The total amount of time that it took to build the bridge was 12 years. Here are the measurements of the bridge, Total length: 370 meters (1,214 ft)Width: 4 meters (13 feet) Longest span: 144 meters (472 feet) I found out that the bridge was quickly nicknamed the "Wobble Bridge" after shutting down for two years to redo the base to make sure that it wasn't to wobble. I have walked across this magnificent bridge Did you find any fun or interesting facts or stories about this bridge? media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&q=millenium+bridge+(london)&ie=UTF8&hq=millenium+bridge&hnear=&ll=48.708489,6.496809&spn=12.52679,25.523333&t=h&output=embed" width="458" height="384"