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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 Guildhall Library
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| 1750 |
| | A bridge is opened at Westminster | |
| | Westminster Bridge, by Farington, 1789 Guildhall Library
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| 1769 |
| | Robert Mylne completes his new bridge at Blackfriars | |
| | Blackfriars Bridge, by James Black, 1802 Guildhall Library
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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 Guildhall Library
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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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| 1800 |
| | Telford proposes a bold new London Bridge | |
| | Telford's design for London Bridge, 1800 Guildhall Library
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| 1816 |
| | London's first iron bridge is completed at Vauxhall | |
| | Vauxhall Bridge, 1820 Guildhall Library
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| 1817 |
| | John Rennie's new bridge commemorates a recent victory, over Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 | |
| | Waterloo Bridge, 1817 Guildhall Library
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| c. 1819 |
| | John Rennie completes a cast-iron bridge with the world's longest span, crossing the Thames at Vauxhall | |
| | Southwark Bridge, by Westall, c.1828 Guildhall Library
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| 1826 |
| | Scottish engineer Thomas Telford completes two suspension bridges in Wales, at Conwy and over the Menai Strait | |
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