The Arts in London: Bridge Project: Tower Bridge

View from an alley on the way to the Bridge

Tower Bridge

Note: Bailey and I conducted interview together and gathered audio, video, and image data on a Friday morning. Data will be marked if it is not mine.

Tower Bridge was built over 120 years ago and was completed in 1894. This bridge is used to connect City of London to Tower Hamlets (near Southwark) and crosses the Thames River. River traffic is still able to move with ease as the bridge has scheduled lift times for larger ships to move.

Starting in 1982, visitors have been able to go inside of the towers to discover the history and panoramic walkways, for a price of course. Bailey and I meandered on the sidewalks by the traffic like peasants.

The bridge experience was fairly unexciting; it is, after all, a traffic bridge. There was a cacophony of honks, brakes, and random snippets of overly loud music emerging from the multitude of vehicles on the road. The walkway held languages, where you could hear phrases of Spanish, Chinese, and accented English, to name a few. British accents seemed a little rare, so I suspect mainly tourists use the bridge. This bridge practically leads right to the Tower of London, which holds the Queen's Jewels, and is less than a half mile from the HMS Belfast. It is also less than a mile from London Bridge, hence the confusion on these bridges.




This is about a minute long hyperlapse. Once again, when we pulled the camera out to record some audio, everyone stopped talking and vehicles refused to honk. I would say it was once in a lifetime, but it happened at the market as well. Thus, I refuse to subject you to horribly inaccurate audio. Just take my word for it.


"Creative" skyline photo
You can get some pretty good pictures of the London skyline from the pedestrian walkway. I am sure that you can get better photos from the panoramic walkway, but I was too cheap (£).


If you have extra time in London or just finished visiting the Tower of London, I would recommend meandering over to the Tower Bridge for a photo shoot. I would not suggest making a special trip over just for this bridge, but to each their own. Also remember that I did not do the paid experience and have no idea if that is worth it or not.
(PS Don't ask me why the photos won't line up. I tried for five minutes and then gave up.)

HMS Belfast

"Normal" skyline photo

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