Many have heard the rhyme “London Bridge is Falling Down,” and many know that the current London Bridge was not the original.
The stone London Bridge was begun around the year 1176 and completed in the early years of the 13th century. In 1831 the destruction of the old bridge began in earnest after a lifetime of some 622 ...
we're looking for London's oldest surviving bridge. Tower Bridge dates back to 1894 — older, but not old enough. Millennium Bridge certainly doesn't make the cut. They all seem almost futuristic ...