Tower Bridge

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bascule bridge landmark road bridge suspension bridge tourist attraction

Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge over the River Thames in London, renowned for its twin Gothic-style towers and status as one of the city's most famous landmarks.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bascule bridge → landmark → road bridge → suspension bridge → tourist attraction →
alsoKnownAs	Tower Bridge, London →
architecturalStyle	Gothic Revival →
basculeOperation	hydraulic system →
category	Bridges completed in 1894 →
cityLandmarkOf	London →
cladWith	Cornish granite → Portland stone →
clearanceBelow	about 8.6 metres at high tide →
completionDate	1894 →
connects	Southwark → Tower Hamlets →
constructionStartDate	1886 →
contains	glass-floored walkways →
country	United Kingdom →
crosses	River Thames →
designer	Horace Jones →
engineer	John Wolfe Barry →
featuredIn	numerous films → television programmes →
hasExhibition	Tower Bridge Exhibition →
hasFeature	bascule leaves → high-level walkways → suspension sections → twin towers →
hasTraffic	motor vehicles → pedestrians →
heritageStatus	Grade I listed building →
length	about 244 metres →
locatedIn	London Borough of Southwark → London Borough of Tower Hamlets →
location	London →
mainSpanLength	about 61 metres →
maintainedBy	Bridge House Estates →
material	steel →
near	Tower of London →
openedBy	Alexandra of Denmark → Edward VII →
openingDate	1894 →
ownedBy	City of London Corporation →
powerSourceCurrent	electric motors →
powerSourceOriginal	steam engines →
touristVisitsPerYear	over 500,000 visitors →
towerHeight	about 65 metres →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thames → Thames ("Millennium Bridge") →	crossedBy
Tower Bridge ("Tower Bridge, London") →	alsoKnownAs
Central London →	contains
Tower Bridge ("Tower Bridge Exhibition") →	hasExhibition
London →	hasIconicStructure
City Hall (London) →	locatedNear
Tower of London →	near
City Hall, London →	nearbyLandmark
London Bridge →	parallelTo