Key facts
- Carries
- Pedestrians
- Crosses
- River Thames
- Locale
- London, England
- Official name
- London Millennium Footbridge
- Maintained by
- Bridge House Estates , City of London Corporation
- Preceded by
- Blackfriars Railway Bridge
- Followed by
- Southwark Bridge
- Design
- Suspension bridge
- Total length
- 325 metres (1,066 ft)
- Width
- 4 metres (13 ft)
- Longest span
- 144 metres (472 ft)
- Engineering design by
- Arup
- Constructed by
- Monberg & Thorsen , Sir Robert McAlpine
- Opened
- 10 June 2000 ; 25 years ago ( 2000-06-10 )
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The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City of London. It is owned and maintained by Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. Construction began in 1998, and it initially opened on 10 June 2000.
Londoners nicknamed it the "Wobbly Bridge" and even the "Wibbly Wobbly" after pedestrians experienced an alarming swaying motion on its opening day. The bridge was closed later that day and, after two days of limited access, it was closed again for almost two years so that modifications and repairs could be made to keep the bridge stable and stop the swaying motion. It reopened in February 2002, after real-life safety tests were conducted by 700 staff from engineering consultancy Arup.
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