Blackfriars Bridge
Blackfriars Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge, carrying the A201 road. The north end is in the City of London near the Inns of Court and Temple Church, along with Blackfriars station. The south end is in the London Borough of Southwark, near the Tate Modern art gallery and the Oxo Tower. Opened in the 1860s, it replaced an earlier bridge from the 1760s.
For other uses, see Blackfriars Bridge (disambiguation).
Blackfriars Bridge
London, England
923 feet (281 m)
105 feet (32 m)
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P. A. Thom & Co.
- 19 November 1769 (first bridge)
- 6 November 1869 (current bridge)
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Railway station[edit]
The bridge gave its name to Blackfriars Bridge railway station on the southern bank which opened in 1864 before closing to passengers in 1885 following the opening of what is today the main Blackfriars station. Blackfriars Bridge station continued as a goods stop until 1964 when it was completely demolished, and much of it redeveloped into offices.
The River Fleet empties into the Thames under the north end of Blackfriars Bridge. The structure was given Grade II listed status in 1972.[10]
The many difficulties encountered and innovations used in building the first Blackfriars Bridge 1759–69 are described in: