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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Tower Bridge canonical	29
Tower Bridge, London	2
Millennium Bridge	1
Tower Bridge Exhibition	1
Tower Bridge over the River Thames	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bascule bridge ⓘ landmark ⓘ road bridge ⓘ suspension bridge ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Tower Bridge ⓘ surface form: Tower Bridge, London
architecturalStyle	Gothic Revival ⓘ
basculeOperation	hydraulic system ⓘ
category	Bridges completed in 1894 ⓘ
cityLandmarkOf	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
cladWith	Cornish granite ⓘ Portland stone ⓘ
clearanceBelow	about 8.6 metres at high tide ⓘ
completionDate	1894 ⓘ
connects	Southwark ⓘ London Borough of Tower Hamlets ⓘ surface form: Tower Hamlets
constructionStartDate	1886 ⓘ
contains	glass-floored walkways ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses	Thames ⓘ surface form: River Thames
designer	Horace Jones ⓘ
engineer	John Wolfe Barry ⓘ
featuredIn	numerous films ⓘ television programmes ⓘ
hasExhibition	Tower Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	Southwark ⓘ surface form: London Borough of Southwark London Borough of Tower Hamlets ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
mainSpanLength	about 61 metres ⓘ
maintainedBy	Bridge House Estates ⓘ
material	steel ⓘ
near	Tower of London ⓘ
openedBy	Alexandra of Denmark ⓘ Edward VII ⓘ
openingDate	1894 ⓘ
ownedBy	Corporation of London ⓘ surface form: City of London Corporation
powerSourceCurrent	electric motors ⓘ
powerSourceOriginal	steam engines ⓘ
touristVisitsPerYear	over 500,000 visitors ⓘ
towerHeight	about 65 metres ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

London, England → hasIconicStructure → Tower Bridge ⓘ

subject surface form: London

Thames → crossedBy → Tower Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Millennium Bridge

Tower of London → near → Tower Bridge ⓘ

City Hall, London → nearbyLandmark → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Tower Bridge → hasExhibition → Tower Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tower Bridge Exhibition

Tower Bridge → alsoKnownAs → Tower Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tower Bridge, London

London Bridge → parallelTo → Tower Bridge ⓘ

City Hall → locatedNear → Tower Bridge ⓘ

subject surface form: City Hall (London)

Central London → contains → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Traitors’ Gate → near → Tower Bridge ⓘ

The Tower → near → Tower Bridge ⓘ

subject surface form: The Tower of London

2017 IAAF World Championships in Athletics → logoFeature → Tower Bridge ⓘ

More London development → locatedNear → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Tower Gateway DLR station → adjacentTo → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Tower Hill station → nearbyAttraction → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Sir William Arrol & Co. → notableWork → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Sir William Arrol & Co. → notableBridgeProject → Tower Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tower Bridge over the River Thames

Bridge House Estates → maintains → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Bridge House Estates → ownedInfrastructure → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Tower Hill, London → near → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Tower Hill, London → hasViewOf → Tower Bridge ⓘ

London Marathon → routeFeature → Tower Bridge ⓘ

John Wolfe Barry → notableWork → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Pool of London → nearbyLandmark → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Tower Hill → nearbyLandmark → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Tower Gateway station → locatedNear → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Horace Jones → notableWork → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Barry family of British architects → notableWork → Tower Bridge ⓘ

subject surface form: John Wolfe Barry

this entity surface form: Tower Bridge, London

Butler’s Wharf → locatedNear → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Butler’s Wharf → hasViewOf → Tower Bridge ⓘ

Shad Thames → locatedNear → Tower Bridge ⓘ

M Street Bridge → replacedBy → Tower Bridge ⓘ

M Street Bridge → successorStructure → Tower Bridge ⓘ