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Westminster Bridge
Sign in to savebridge over the River Thames in London
Key facts
- Coordinates
- 51°30′03″N 0°07′19″W / 51.5008°N 0.1219°W / 51.5008; -0.1219
- Carries
- A302 road
- Crosses
- River Thames
- Locale
- London
- Maintained by
- Transport for London
- Heritage status
- Grade II* listed structure
- Preceded by
- Lambeth Bridge
- Followed by
- Hungerford Bridge & Golden Jubilee Bridges
- Design
- Arch bridge
- Total length
- 820 feet (250 m)
- Width
- 85 feet (26 m)
- Designer
- Thomas Page
- Opened
- 18 November 1750 ; 275 years ago ( 18 November 1750 ) (first bridge), 24 May 1862 ; 164 years ago ( 24 May 1862 ) (second bridge)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Westminster
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Material used
- wrought iron
- Location
- London
- Image
- Westminster, London (7660306446).jpg
- Width
- 26
- Length
- 250
- Significant event
- 2017 Westminster attack
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- native label
- Westminster Bridge
- Commons category
- Westminster Bridge
- crosses
- River Thames
- number of spans
- 7
- next crossing upstream
- Lambeth Bridge
- next crossing downstream
- Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges
- date of official opening
- 1750-11-18
- clearance
- 5.4
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Encyclopedic overview
Westminster Bridge by Joseph Farrington, 1789 (the original bridge) Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge crossing over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side.
The bridge is painted predominantly green, the same colour as the leather seats in the House of Commons which is on the side of the Palace of Westminster nearest to the bridge, but a natural shade similar to verdigris. This is in contrast to Lambeth Bridge, which is red, the same colour as the seats in the House of Lords and is on the opposite side of the Houses of Parliament.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Westminster Bridge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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