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HMS Belfast with Tower Bridge beyond, London

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Jones, Sir Horace (1819-1887)

View of Tower Bridge from near City Hall, London, at dawn

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Jones, Sir Horace (1819-1887)

Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London, seen from the Hungerford footbridge at night

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London County Council. Architects Department
NOTES: The Royal Festival Hall was built for the Festival of Britain in 1951. The pedestrian bridge designed by Lifshutz Davidson replaced the old Victorian footbridge and was opened in 2000.

Tower Bridge, London, at night

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Jones, Sir Horace (1819-1887)

Widnes-Runcorn Bridge (renamed Silver Jubilee Bridge), River Mersey at Runcorn Gap, Cheshire

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Mott Hay & Anderson
NOTES: This is a compression arch suspended-deck bridge and is the largest of its type in Britain. It crosses the River Mersey at Runcorn Gap and the Manchester Ship Canal linking the towns of Widnes and Runcorn. Constructed between 1954 and 1961, it replaced Britain's first transporter bridge, later demolished, and was renamed the Silver Jubilee Bridge in 1977. It is Grade II listed.

25 de Abril Bridge, Lisbon

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Morrow, Irving (1884-1952)
NOTES: Said to be the longest suspension bridge in Europe and was designed by the same team as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Franciso.It was inaugurated on the 6 August 1966 and was named Salazar Bridge, after Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal until 1974. After the Carnation Revolution that took place on the 25 April 1974 and SalazarÔÇÖs regime was overturned, the Bridge was renamed after that date.
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