Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London built between 1886 and 1894. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and has become an iconic symbol of London. Because of this, Tower Bridge is sometimes confused with London Bridge, situated some 0.5 mi (0.80 km) upstream. Tower Bridge is one of five London bridges now owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. It is the only one of the Trust's bridges not to connect the City of London directly to the Southwark bank, as its northern landfall is in Tower Hamlets.
中文翻译:(塔桥是伦敦1886至1894年间建成的组合式悬索桥。这座桥横跨泰晤士河畔,靠近伦敦塔,已成为伦敦的标志性标志。因此,塔桥有时与伦敦桥混淆,位于上游约0.5英里(0.80公里)处。塔桥是现在由伦敦城市公司监管的慈善信托机构“桥屋庄园”拥有和维护的五座伦敦大桥之一。这是唯一一座不直接连接伦敦城和南华克银行的桥梁,因为它的北部落地是哈姆雷特塔。)
文化遗产:伦敦塔塔群建筑,包括多次重建的的防御措施和国王王宫,威克非塔、圣托马斯塔等众多塔楼以及核心防御措施--白塔,以及“叛离者之门”等建筑。
1988年根据文化遗产评选标准C(II)(IV)被列入《世界遗产目录》。
世界遗产委员会评价:
具有罗马人建筑风格特点的白塔,是影响整个英国建筑风格伦敦塔的巨大建筑物。伦敦塔是威廉沿泰晤士河建造的,目的是为了保护伦敦,并宣称此地是他的领土。伦敦塔是围绕白塔建造的一个十分有历史意义的城堡,也是王室权力的象征。
伦敦塔桥,Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge (built 1886-1894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, from which it takes its name. It has become an iconic symbol of London.
The bridge consists of two towers tied together at the upper level by means of two horizontal walkways, designed to withstand the horizontal forces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge on the landward sides of the towers. The vertical component of the forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers. The bascule pivots and operating machinery are housed in the base of each tower. The bridge's present colour scheme dates from 1977, when it was painted red, white and blue for the Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee. Originally it was painted a mid greenish-blue colour.
Tower Bridge is sometimes mistakenly referred to as London Bridge, which is the next bridge upstream.