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| 1176 |
| | | Construction begins on London Bridge, the first stone bridge to be built across a tidal waterway | |
|  | 'Old London Bridge 1745', watercolour by Dodd
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| 1750 |
| | | A bridge is opened at Westminster | |
|  | Westminster Bridge, by Farington, 1789
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| 1769 |
| | | Robert Mylne completes his new bridge at Blackfriars | |
|  | Blackfriars Bridge, by James Black, 1802
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| 1774 April |
| | | A tontine is launched in Richmond to raise money for the construction of a bridge across the Thames | |
|  | Richmond Bridge, c.1850
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| 1777 January |
| | | Richmond Bridge, designed by James Paine and Kenton Couse, opens to traffic (and is now the oldest bridge in London) | |
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