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Southwark Bridge - Definition and Overview
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Southwark Bridge

Southwark Bridge is a road-bridge linking Southwark and the City across the River Thames, in London. It was designed by Ernest George and Basil Mott and opened in 1921.

A previous bridge on the site, designed by John Rennie, opened in 1819.

The next bridge upstream is the London Millennium Bridge and the next downstream is Cannon Street Railway Bridge.

The south end is near the Tate Modern, the Clink Prison Museum and the Financial Times building. The north end is near Cannon Street station.

External links

  • Street map (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=51.5079&lon=-0.0921&scale=10000) of Southwark Bridge (centre), from Multimap.
  • Aerial photo (http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?x=532500.867592894&y=180500.545975048&scale=10000) of Southwark Bridge (centre of picture to the left of the obvious railway bridge), from Multimap.



Bridges of Central London, west to east
Chelsea Bridge | Grosvenor Bridge | Vauxhall Bridge | Lambeth Bridge | Westminster Bridge
Hungerford Bridge | Waterloo Bridge | Blackfriars Bridge | Blackfriars Railway Bridge
Millennium Bridge | Southwark Bridge | Cannon Street Railway Bridge | London Bridge | Tower Bridge
See also: Crossings of the River Thames | Bridges of the United Kingdom


Example Usage of Southwark
charliecarly: Really tempted to go to the Christmas Market at Southwark Cathedral rather than going to the library...it may have to happen!
se1: Christmas Market at Southwark Cathedral from 12 noon http://bit.ly/51ywOg
FionaColley: Headed to Peckham Rye Park for a chat with the manager of Southwark Carrib FC, then a spot of Nunhead #labourdoorstep. Nice day for it too!
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