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"The London Bridge we all know from the nursery rhyme was originally a timber structure built, and subsequently rebuilt many times, by the city\u2019s Roman founders as the sole crossing over the River Thames. It was replaced in medieval times and again in\u00A0the\u00A019th century as\u00A0methods\u00A0of construction changed.\u00A0In 1968 the John Rennie\u2013designed masonry London Bridge, built in 1831, was disassembled stone by\u00A0stone and\u00A0reconstructed\u00A0in Arizona; it was replaced by the current structure, which opened in 1973. Today there are more than 30 bridges that weave a tapestry across the Thames, each created in response to industrialization, various monarchies, and the capital city\u2019s explosive growth.\n\nClick to join Terry Oliver, environment manager of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and me on a west-to-east voyage\u00A0down the Thames as we visit 11 of our favorite crossings.\n\nMore on archdigest.com:\n\n Tour the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans, by 18th century architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux\n\n Visit Mies van der Rohe&amp;#39;s Farnsworth House, the original glass house"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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