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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.
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.
The current bridge was designed by Sir Alexander Binnie, with modifications by Maurice Fitzmaurice, to replace a previous cast-iron structure.
It was completed in 1906, and opened on the 26th May by the Prince of Wales, and was the first bridge to carry tramSirio low-floor tram in Athens, Greece passes in front of the Acropolis A tram (or tramway trolley streetcar strassenbahn is a light-rail vehicle for public transport. Trams are distinguished from other forms of light rail in that they travel along trackss across the Thames. 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 previous bridge was the nine-span Regent's Bridge, designed by James Walker and opened in 1816See also 1815 in architecture, other events of 1816, 1817 in architecture and the architecture timeline. Buildings Regent's Bridge crossing the River Thames in central London, designed by James Walker, was opened. The bridge was replaced by Vauxhall Bridg as a toll-bridge. The history leading up to the construction of this bridge was tortuous with at least three aborted designs rejected, two by John RennieJohn Rennie ( 7 June 1761 in East Linton, Scotland 4 October 1821) was a civil engineer, constructing many bridges, canals, and docks. A farmer's son, and a tinkerer and model builder even as a child, he first worked as a millwright with noted mechanical - first, a seven-span stone bridge, and then a design with eleven cast-iron arches - and one by Sir Samuel BenthamSir Samuel Bentham ( 11 January 1757 31 May 1831) was a noted mechanical engineer credited with numerous innovations, particularly related to naval architecture, including weapons. He was also the brother of philosopher Jeremy Bentham. At the age of 14, B. The nine-span structure was the first iron-built bridge over the Thames in London).
| Bridges of Central London, west to east |
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| Chelsea Bridge | Grosvenor Bridge | Vauxhall Bridge | Lambeth Bridge | Westminster Bridge |
| Hungerford Bridge | Waterloo Bridge | Blackfriars Bridge | Blackfriars Railway Bridge |
| Millennium Bridge | Southwark Bridge | Cannon Street Railway Bridge | London Bridge | Tower Bridge |
| See also: Crossings of the River Thames | Bridges of the United Kingdom |