Southwark Area View Of London Towers And River Thames In The Capital Of England Editorial Image

Tower Bridge is without doubt London`s most famous landmark and connects the East End Borough of Tower Hamlets with the south east Borough of Southwark.Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London. The bridge consists of two bridge towers tied together at the upper level by two horizontal walkways, designed to withstand the horizontal tension forces imposed by the suspended sections of the bridge on the landward sides of the towers. The vertical components 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 deck is freely accessible to both vehicles and pedestrians, whereas the bridge`s twin towers, high-level walkways and Victorian engine rooms form part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition, for which an admission charge is made. The nearest London Underground tube stations are Tower Hill on the Circle and District lines, London Bridge on the Jubilee and Northern lines and Bermondsey on the Jubilee line, and the nearest Docklands Light Railway station is Tower Gateway.