London Bridge day: the story of Lake Havasu’s grandiose antique – St George News
... A series of bridges have spanned the River Thames in London. Probably the most famous one, of nursery rhyme fame, was the stone bridge built by architect and priest Peter of Colechurch between 1176 and 1209, which replaced various wooden bridges that had spanned the river since 50 A.D. ...
...“The 1,000-foot span had stood for over 130 years and survived strafing during World War II’s London Blitz, but it was unequipped for modern traffic and was slowly sinking into the River Thames,” Evan Andrews wrote in a 2016 History.com article. ...
This historic photo shows the London Bridge in its original spot, spanning the River Thames in London, date unspecified | Photo courtesy of Go Lake Havasu, St. George News
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