Vauxhall Bridge
Vauxhall bridge looking downstream from the north bank
Carries	Motor vehicles Pedestrians
Crosses	River Thames
Locale	London, England
Design	Arch Bridge
Opening date	26 May 1906

Vauxhall Bridge is a steel arched bridge for road and foot traffic, crossing the River Thames in a north-west south-east orientation, between Lambeth Bridge and Grosvenor Bridge, in central London. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting A bridge is a Structure built to span a Gorge, Valley, Road, railroad track, River, Body of water The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. Lambeth Bridge is a road traffic and Footbridge crossing the River Thames in an east-west direction in central London; the river flows north at This article is about the London bridge For the Chester bridge see Grosvenor Bridge (Chester. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

On the north bank is Westminster, with Tate Britain and the Millbank Tower to the north-east, and Pimlico and its tube station to the north and east. Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. Tate Britain is a part of the Tate gallery network in Britain, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. Millbank Tower is a high Skyscraper in Central London at 21-24 Millbank Pimlico is a small area of central London in the City of Westminster that is primarily residential and well known for its collection of small hotels and impressive Pimlico is a London Underground station in Pimlico, City of Westminster.

On the south bank, Vauxhall Cross, site of Vauxhall station and the headquarters of MI6, lies immediately to the south-east; Kennington is to the east, Vauxhall to the south-east and Nine Elms to the south west. For the various theories on whether Vauxhall station may have given its name to the Russian word for railway station vokzal (Вокзал see the article on The SIS Building, also commonly known as the MI6 Building, is the headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service (otherwise known as "MI6" Vauxhall is an inner city area of South London in the London Borough of Lambeth.

The River Effra, one of the Thames's many underground tributaries, empties into the main river just to the east of the bridge on the south bank. The River Effra is a river in south London, England. It is now underground

History

One of the eight Vauxhall Bridge figures, here depicting Fine Art. (October 2005)

The current bridge was designed by Sir Alexander Binnie, with modifications by Maurice Fitzmaurice, to replace a previous cast-iron structure. Sir Alexander Richardson Binnie (1839-1917 was a Civil engineer responsible for several major engineering projects including several associated with crossings of the River Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice CMG ( 11 May 1861 &ndash 17 November 1924) was an Irish Civil engineer. It was built by Petwick Brothers. ^[1]

It was completed in 1906, and opened on the May 26 by the Prince of Wales, and was the first bridge to carry trams across the Thames. The year 1906 in architecture involved some significant events Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train It measures 80ft wide by 809ft long, has five steel arches mounted on granite piers, and its most striking feature is a series of bronze female figures on the bridge abutments, both upstream and downstream, commemorating the arts and sciences. The four upstream figures are by F. W. Pomeroy, the four downstream by Alfred Drury. Frederick William Pomeroy RA (1856-1924 was a prolific British sculptor of architectural and monumental works for the Ontario politician see Charles Alfred Drury Alfred Drury (1859 - 1944 was an English architectural sculptor and figure in the New

The previous bridge was the nine-span Regent's Bridge, designed by James Walker and opened in 1816 as a toll-bridge. James Walker, FRS ( September 14, 1781 - October 8, 1862) was an influential Scottish Civil engineer of the first half The year 1816 in architecture involved some significant events The history leading up to the construction of this bridge was tortuous with at least three aborted designs rejected, two by John Rennie—first a seven-span stone bridge, and then a design with eleven cast-iron arches—and one by Sir Samuel Bentham. John Rennie ( 7 June 1761 at Phantassie, near East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland - 4 October 1821 Sir Samuel Bentham ( 11 January 1757 in England - 31 May 1831 in London, England) was a noted English

The Vauxhall Bridge in 1829

Walker's nine-span structure was the first iron-built bridge over the Thames in London, but it lasted less than 90 years. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Tidal scour undermined the bridge's piers and these were too expensive to replace. A temporary wooden bridge was constructed across the river and demolition work began in 1898, but construction of the Binnie bridge did not start until 1904. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on

References

External links

• Vauxhall Bridge in the Structurae database