Title: The Vauxhall Bridge.
Location: Vauxhall, London.
Tag: okumephuna, vauxhall, bridge.
Copyright: Okumephuna Chukwunwikezarramu.
Story: Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in London. It crosses the River Thames in a north-west south-east direction between Vauxhall on the south bank and Westminster on the north bank. Opened in 1907, it replaced an earlier bridge, originally known as Regent Bridge but later renamed Vauxhall Bridge. The original bridge, the first iron bridge over the Thames, was built by a private company and operated as a toll bridge before being taken into public ownership in 1879. The second bridge, which took eight years to build, was the first in London to carry trams and later one of the first two roads in London to have a bus lane. With the exception of alterations to the road layout and the balustrade, the design and appearance of the current bridge has remained almost unchanged since 1907.
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