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Waterloo Bridge
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 51°30′31″N 0°07′01″W / 51.5086°N 0.1169°W / 51.5086; -0.1169
- Carries
- A301 road
- Crosses
- River Thames
- Locale
- London
- Named for
- Battle of Waterloo
- Maintained by
- Transport for London
- Heritage status
- Grade II* listed structure
- Preceded by
- Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges
- Followed by
- Blackfriars Bridge
- Design
- Box girder bridge
- Total length
- 1,230 feet (370 m)
- Width
- 80 feet (24 m)
- Longest span
- 233 feet (71 m)
- Opened
- (first bridge) 18 June 1817 ; 208 years ago ( 18 June 1817 ) , (second bridge) 11 March 1942 ; 84 years ago ( 11 March 1942 )
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Waterloo bridge.jpg
- Width
- 24.5
- Length
- 381
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- native label
- Waterloo Bridge
- longest span
- 71
- Commons category
- Waterloo Bridge
- date of official opening
- 1817-06-18
- OS grid reference
- TQ3078680527
Sources (3)
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Article
Waterloo Bridge (/ˌwɔːtəˈluː/) is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges. Its name commemorates the victory of the British, Dutch and Prussians at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Thanks to its location at a strategic bend in the river, the bridge offers good views of Westminster, the South Bank and the London Eye to the west, and of the City of London and Canary Wharf to the east.
The bridge was given Grade II* listed structure protection in 1981.
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