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| 1827 |
| | | London's first suspension bridge opens at Hammersmith | |
|  | Hammersmith Bridge, 1828
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| 1831 |
| | | Old London Bridge is demolished after more than six centuries, ending the chance of frost fairs on the Thames | |
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| 1845 |
| | | Brunel's suspension bridge serves Hungerford market | |
|  | Hungerford Bridge, by Shepherd, 1854
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| c. 1858 |
| | | Chelsea Bridge opens, designed by Thomas Page | |
|  | Chelsea Bridge, c.1860
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| 1861 |
| | | A suspension bridge is completed at Lambeth | |
|  | 'Old Lambeth Bridge', watercolour by Macdonald, 1906
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| 1876 |
| | | Proposals are put forward for a new bridge near the Tower | |
|  | Design for a low-level Tower Bridge, by Barnett, 1876
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| 1877 |
| | | Whistler finds romance in Battersea Bridge | |
|  | Whistler Nocturne: Blue and Gold (detail) 1877
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| 1883 |
| | | Brooklyn Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world, is opened between Brooklyn and lower Manhattan | |
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| 1894 |
| | | London's Tower Bridge raises its roadway for the first time to let a ship pass up the Thames | |
|  | Tower Bridge, by C.F. Kell, c.1894
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| 1998 |
| | | The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, linking Shikoku and Honshu in Japan, creates a new record as the longest suspension bridge | |
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