"2002 BBC television documentary series ""Britain's Best Buildings"". Tower Bridge is often mistaken for London Bridge, the next bridge upstream. A popular urban legend is that in 1968, Robert P. McCulloch, the purchaser of the old London Bridge that was later shipped to Lake Havasu City in Arizona, believed that he was in fact buying Tower Bridge. This was denied by McCulloch himself and has been debunked by Ivan Luckin, the vendor of the bridge. A partial replica of Tower Bridge has been built in the city of Suzhou in China. The replica differs from the original in having no"
"London Bridge which opened in 1831 and was moved in 1970 to Lake Havasu City in Arizona. The last rock quarried here in 1919 was used for the Exeter war memorial. Haytor rocks and quarries are protected from development and disturbance as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The area is considered a natural beauty spot and is arguably Dartmoor's most famous landmark, visited by coach parties and walking groups. It is accessible by road and at a height of right on the eastern side of the moor, it provides views of the coastline, the Teign Estuary and the rolling"
"from Aswan, the nearest city. Many visitors also arrive by plane, at an airfield that was specially constructed for the temple complex. On 18 April 1968, John Rennie's London Bridge (which had replaced the original bridge in 1831) was sold to the American entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch of McCulloch Oil for the sum of $2,460,000. The bridge was reconstructed at Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and opened on 10 October 1971. Not all of the bridge was transported to America, as some was kept behind in lieu of tax duties. The version of London Bridge that was rebuilt at Lake Havasu"
"London Bridge (New South Wales) London Bridge is a limestone karst in the Australian state of New South Wales near Canberra which consists of a limestone arch hollowed out by Burra Creek, a tributary of the Queanbeyan River of the Molonglo River. It is now isolated as a meander cutoff. It was first discovered by the European explorers Captain Mark Currie, Brigadier Major John Ovens, Joseph Wild and accompanied by two nameless aboriginal guides in 1822. It was in danger of being flooded by the construction of the London Bridge Dam but owing to its limited catchment, the Australian Government"
"consists of a concrete frame with stones from the old (but not the original) London Bridge used as cladding. It spans a canal that leads from Lake Havasu to Thomson Bay, and forms the centrepiece of a theme park in English style, complete with mock-Tudor shopping mall. The bridge has become one of Arizona's biggest tourist attractions. The Old Wellington Inn (1552) and Sinclair's Oyster Bar, two of Manchester, England's oldest buildings, dating from the 16th century and 17th century respectively, had their foundations raised when the Shambles Square marketplace was refurbished in the 1960s. They were in close proximity"
"constructed Googong Dam instead. London Bridge is located within the boundaries of the Burra Creek Nature Reserve. London Bridge (New South Wales) London Bridge is a limestone karst in the Australian state of New South Wales near Canberra which consists of a limestone arch hollowed out by Burra Creek, a tributary of the Queanbeyan River of the Molonglo River. It is now isolated as a meander cutoff. It was first discovered by the European explorers Captain Mark Currie, Brigadier Major John Ovens, Joseph Wild and accompanied by two nameless aboriginal guides in 1822. It was in danger of being flooded"
"Liverpool Landing, Arizona Liverpool Landing, a ghost town and former river settlement on the Colorado River, in Mohave County, Arizona, now under Lake Havasu. Liverpool Landing was a woodyard landing for fueling the steamboats of George Alonzo Johnson's Colorado Steam Navigation Company of steamboats of the Colorado River. It was located 242 miles upriver from Yuma, Arizona, and 22 miles upriver from Aubrey Landing. It was 2 miles up and across the river from Chimehuevis Landing another woodyard and 58 miles below Fort Mohave the next woodyard. The local indigenous Mohave people supplied the wood to the landing. The site"
"London Bridge, Virginia London Bridge is an unincorporated community within the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. It is located in the area of Great Neck Road and Virginia Beach Boulevard, where Laskin Road begins. London Bridge was a town with its own post office in operation when it was still a part of Princess Anne County prior to the county's consolidation with Virginia Beach by mutual agreement in 1963. The post office at London Bridge was located in London Mews, now Chambord Commons in what is now known as the Le Chambord Restaurant. The actual bridge is"
"1968, he laid the foundation stone of the relocated London Bridge, at Lake Havasu City, Arizona, United States. Inglefield was a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. From 1950 to 1976 he lived at Eggington House, the manor house of the village of Eggington, near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Gilbert Inglefield Middle School at Leighton Buzzard was named in his honour. His brother, Colonel John Frederick Crompton-Inglefield of Parwich Hall, served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1938. Gilbert Inglefield Sir Gilbert Samuel Inglefield (1909–1991) was a"
"Canyon Diablo Bridge Canyon Diablo Bridge is an abandoned automobile bridge in Coconino County, Arizona, United States approximately east of Flagstaff, Arizona. The bridge carried Route 66 over Canyon Diablo. The ghost town of Two Guns, once a prosperous tourist stop, is near the east end of the bridge. As white settlers populated the area in the mid-1800s, the Two Guns location was recognized as a favorable place to cross the formidable Canyon Diablo; first by wagon, then later by vehicle. Travelers would follow paths which zig-zagged the canyon's embankments, and then cross the usually dry riverbed. In 1914, Canyon"
"La Paz, Arizona La Paz (Yavapai: Wi:hela) was a short-lived, early gold mining town along the Colorado River in La Paz County on the western border of the U.S. state of Arizona. It was the location of the La Paz Incident in 1863, the westernmost confrontation of the American Civil War. The town was settled in 1862 in New Mexico Territory, before the Arizona Territory was officially declared a United States territory by President Abraham Lincoln. Today it is a deserted ghost town. In 1983, long after the town was deserted, the name was adopted by the newly formed Arizona"
"Topock Marsh in Topock Gorge and widens into Lake Havasu, formed by Parker Dam. Lake Havasu provides recreation as well as the home of the retired U.K. London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, now the New London Bridge. Near Parker Dam are the first two major diversions of the lower Colorado: the Colorado River Aqueduct, which travels west to Los Angeles and San Diego, California; and the Central Arizona Project, which sends water east towards Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. The intermittent Bill Williams River joins the Colorado from the east in Lake Havasu, just above Parker Dam. The river"
"of Liverpool Landing, located near present-day Lake Havasu City, was submerged under Lake Havasu in the 1930s. The location of Liverpool Landing can be seen on the March 1911, Parker, Arizona, U. S. Geological Survey Topographic Map. Liverpool Landing, Arizona Liverpool Landing, a ghost town and former river settlement on the Colorado River, in Mohave County, Arizona, now under Lake Havasu. Liverpool Landing was a woodyard landing for fueling the steamboats of George Alonzo Johnson's Colorado Steam Navigation Company of steamboats of the Colorado River. It was located 242 miles upriver from Yuma, Arizona, and 22 miles upriver from Aubrey"
"London Bridge (natural arch) London Bridge is a natural arch on the coast of Torquay in Devon, England. London Bridge has been so called for centuries. In 1832, the writer Octavian Blewitt wrote in his ""Panorama of Torquay"" that London Bridge was an “absurd appellation”. London Bridge is situated to the East of Torquay, beside an abandoned limestone quarry, and below the South West Coast Path. It can be reached by a short diversion from the trail which leads down to the arch through woodland. London Bridge can also be seen from a viewpoint above the abandoned Dyer's Quarry on"
"Arizona Project. In order to replace the power that would have been provided by Bridge and Marble Canyon Dams, the coal-fired Navajo Generating Station was completed near Page, Arizona in 1976. Bridge Canyon Dam Bridge Canyon Dam, also called Hualapai Dam, was a proposed dam in the lower Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, in northern Arizona in the United States. It would have been located near Bridge Canyon Rapids in an extremely rugged and isolated portion of the canyon, downstream of Lee's Ferry and at the uppermost end of Lake Mead. First proposed in the 1920s, the project was"
"Tonto Natural Bridge Tonto Natural Bridge is a natural arch in Arizona, USA, that is believed to be the largest natural travertine bridge in the world. The area surrounding the bridge has been made into a state park called Tonto Natural Bridge State Park, which is located off State Route 87, just north of Payson. Tonto Natural Bridge stands over a tunnel that measures at its widest point and reaches a height of . This natural bridge was first documented by David Gowan, a Scotsman, in 1877 while hiding from hostile Apache tribe members. Gowan was impressed by the location"
"Navajo Bridge Navajo Bridge is a pair of steel spandrel arch bridges that cross the Colorado River near Lee's Ferry in northern Arizona. The newer bridge of the pair carries vehicular traffic on U.S. Route 89A (US 89A) over Marble Canyon between southern Utah and the Arizona Strip, allowing travel into a remote region north of the Colorado River including the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Prior to completion of the first Navajo Bridge, one of the only Colorado River crossings between Arizona and Utah was located about upstream from the bridge site, at the mouth of Glen"
"of any race. The historic Hassayampa River Bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located nearby. Arlington, Arizona Arlington is a census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located about 40 miles west of Phoenix on old U.S 80. It follows the street numbering system of Phoenix. As of the 2010 census, the population was 194. As of the census of 2010, there were 194 people residing in the CDP. The population density was 82.8 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the CDP was 69.07% White, 0.52% Black or African American, 1.55% Native American,"
"Mohave Mountains The Mohave Mountains are a small 18-mi (29 km) long mountain range of northwest Arizona. The range is a northwest trending range in southwest Mohave County that parallels a southeast-flowing stretch of the Colorado River, the Arizona-California border. The range also forms the southwest border of a flatland region to its east and north, namely, Dutch Flat which lies east, at the south end of Sacramento Valley. Lake Havasu City, AZ on the Colorado, lays opposite the southwest flank of the range, where the London Bridge was reconstructed at Lake Havasu. Interstate 40 traverses east from Needles, California"
"Eastbridge, Arizona Eastbridge was a railroad station on the east bank of the Colorado River in Mohave County, Arizona. It was located at the site of the first bridge the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad built across that river, 3 miles southeast of Needles, in San Bernardino County, California. The wooden bridge across the Colorado River constructed between Eastbridge station and the California bank in 1883 was built across the wet alluvial soils of the flood plain of the Mohave Valley. The site had no solid base on either bank and was over 1600 feet wide. The construction was conducted during"
"Cameron Suspension Bridge The Cameron Suspension Bridge crosses the Little Colorado River at Cameron, Arizona, United States. The bridge formerly carried U.S. Route 89, but was replaced by a newer deck truss bridge in 1959. Built in 1911, it has an overall length of and a main span of . The bridge was built by the Midland Bridge Company of Kansas City for the Office of Indian Affairs and the Indian Irrigation Service. W. H. Code of the Midland Bridge Company was the designer. The suspension design was chosen to address the steep-walled canyon at the crossing, which required a"
"1938, after which Route 66 followed Interstate 40 at the Two Guns location. The Canyon Diablo Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Canyon Diablo Bridge Canyon Diablo Bridge is an abandoned automobile bridge in Coconino County, Arizona, United States approximately east of Flagstaff, Arizona. The bridge carried Route 66 over Canyon Diablo. The ghost town of Two Guns, once a prosperous tourist stop, is near the east end of the bridge. As white settlers populated the area in the mid-1800s, the Two Guns location was recognized as a favorable place to cross the formidable"
"Bridge Mountain (Utah) Bridge Mountain is a 6,803 ft mountain made of Navajo Sandstone in Zion National Park in Washington County of Utah, United States. Bridge Mountain is located east of the park headquarters near the south entrance to Zion Canyon. Bridge Mountain was once originally named Crawford Mountain after the Crawford family who were early Mormon settlers in the canyon. But the name was officially changed to Bridge Mountain in 1934 when a natural bridge was discovered on Bridge Mountain. However, it was not a bridge, but actually a natural arch. For years, rangers in Zion Park told visitors"
"Glen Canyon Dam Bridge The Glen Canyon Bridge or Glen Canyon Dam Bridge is a steel arch bridge in Coconino County, Arizona, carrying U.S. Route 89 across the Colorado River. The bridge was originally built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to facilitate transportation of materials for the Glen Canyon Dam, which lies adjacent to the bridge just upstream. The two-lane bridge has an overall length of with a deck above the river, making it the one of the highest bridges in the United States. The bridge was the highest arch bridge in the world when completed in 1959."
"Glen Canyon Dam Bridge The Glen Canyon Bridge or Glen Canyon Dam Bridge is a steel arch bridge in Coconino County, Arizona, carrying U.S. Route 89 across the Colorado River. The bridge was originally built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to facilitate transportation of materials for the Glen Canyon Dam, which lies adjacent to the bridge just upstream. The two-lane bridge has an overall length of with a deck above the river, making it the one of the highest bridges in the United States. The bridge was the highest arch bridge in the world when completed in 1959."
"Foresthill Bridge The Foresthill Bridge, also referred to as the Auburn-Foresthill Bridge or the Auburn Bridge, is a road bridge crossing over the North Fork American River in Placer County and the Sierra Nevada foothills, in eastern California. It is the highest bridge by deck height in California, the fourth highest in the United States, and the fiftieth highest in the world at above the river. Originally constructed to replace a river-level crossing of the American River that would have been flooded by the reservoir that would have been created by the unbuilt Auburn Dam, the deck of the steel"
"of that type in the state. The Cameron Suspension bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 5, 1986. Cameron Suspension Bridge The Cameron Suspension Bridge crosses the Little Colorado River at Cameron, Arizona, United States. The bridge formerly carried U.S. Route 89, but was replaced by a newer deck truss bridge in 1959. Built in 1911, it has an overall length of and a main span of . The bridge was built by the Midland Bridge Company of Kansas City for the Office of Indian Affairs and the Indian Irrigation Service. W. H. Code of"
"Kingman, Arizona Kingman (Huwaalyapay Nyava in the Mojave language) is a city in and the county seat of Mohave County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 28,068. The nearby communities of Butler, and Golden Valley bring the Kingman area total population to over 45,000. Kingman is located southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada and about northwest of the state capital, Phoenix. Lt. Edward Fitzgerald Beale, a U.S. Navy officer in the service of the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers, was ordered by the U.S. War Department to build a federal wagon road"
"Arizona Arizona (; ; ) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona, one of the Four Corners states, is bordered by New Mexico to the east, Utah to the north, Nevada and California to the west, and Mexico to the south, as well as the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona's border with Mexico is long, on the northern border of the Mexican"
"U.S. Route 93 in Arizona In the U.S. state of Arizona, U.S. Route 93 is a U.S. Highway that begins in Wickenburg and heads north to the Nevada border at the Mike O'Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. As part of a proposal by municipal leaders in Nevada and Arizona, the highway could be replaced by Interstate 11. The following narrative runs in the ""descending"" reference post direction. Arizona has always signed this particular route with its zero mile point located at the Nevada border. Until October 19, 2010, that point was on the crest of Hoover Dam, but ever"
"the railroad changed its route southward along the California bank, to Beal then to a place opposite Mellen, where from 1889 to May 1890 they built the Red Rock Bridge, a cantilever bridge, on rock foundations, unlike the previous site. After completion of the bridge, the section of track between the point where the line changed direction to the new bridge, to the station of Powell and to the bridge and station at Eastbridge, was abandoned in 1890. Eastbridge, Arizona Eastbridge was a railroad station on the east bank of the Colorado River in Mohave County, Arizona. It was located"
"Querino Canyon Bridge Querino Canyon Bridge is located approximately southwest of Houck, Arizona, on Old Route 66, over Querino Canyon. It is within the boundaries of the Petrified Forest National Park. In 1929 the Arizona Highway Department (AHD) began to renovate what was then U.S. Route 66. The project consisted of approximately of grading and road surfacing, as well as the construction of several bridges. The Querino Canyon Bridge was the largest of these. In November, the contract for the bridge and roadways was awarded to F.D. Shufflebarger, a contractor from Phoenix, for a sum of $184,604. While they began"
"Davis Dam in Pyramid Canyon above Laughlin, Nevada, where a bridge carries NV 163 (Laughlin Highway)/AZ 95 over the Colorado River. Prior to the completion of the Hoover Dam Bypass project in 2010, this bridge was the main crossing for freight traffic between Arizona and Nevada as trucks were not allowed over Hoover Dam for security reasons after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Colorado then passes by Bullhead City, Arizona and Fort Mohave, Arizona and the Fort Mojave Reservation. The Colorado forms the border of California to the west and Arizona to the east for most of its course"