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The first bridge on the site was designed by John Rennie and opened in 1817 as a toll bridge. Before its opening it was known as 'Strand Bridge'. It was nationalised in 1878 and given to the Metropolitan Board of Works, who removed the toll from it. Serious problems were found in its construction and the new owners reinforced it.
By the 1920s the problems had increased. London County Council decided to demolish it and replace it with a new structure designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. The new span was partially opened in 1942 and completed in 1945. It was the only Thames bridge to have been damaged by German bombers during World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough.
The south end of the bridge is the area known as The South BankThe South Bank is the area in London on the southern bank of the River Thames near Waterloo station that houses a number of important cultural buildings/institutions. It was the site of the 1951 Festival of Britain, for which the Royal Festival Hall (RFH) and includes the Royal Festival HallThe is a conference, concert, dance and art performance venue in Lambeth, London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge. It seats 3,865 people in three auditoria, and is a Grade I listed building the first po, Waterloo stationWaterloo is a major train station and transport interchange located in the Waterloo district of London, which was itself named after the Battle of Waterloo in which Napoleon was defeated near Brussels. Somewhat ironically, it is now London's gateway for t, Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Royal National TheatreThe Royal National Theatre of Great Britain is a building and theatre company on London's South Bank. Housing three separate auditoria the Olivier Theatre (named for the theatre's first artistic director, Sir Laurence Olivier), the Lyttelton Theatre (afte. The north end passes above the Victoria EmbankmentThe Victoria Embankment previously the Thames Embankment is a road and walkway along the north bank of the River Thames in London in the cities of Westminster and London. History It was created in 1870 by Joseph Bazalgette, and was a project of the Metrop where the road joins The Strand and AldwychAldwych is a place and road in the City of Westminster in London. The road is a crescent between two parts of The Strand, also connecting at its middle with Kingsway. It is the site of Bush House, the Aldwych and Duchess theatres, the Waldorf Hotel and ne alongside Somerset House.
| Bridges of Central London, west to east |
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| Chelsea Bridge | Grosvenor Bridge | Vauxhall Bridge | Lambeth Bridge | Westminster Bridge |
| Hungerford Bridge | Waterloo Bridge | Blackfriars Bridge | Blackfriars Railway Bridge |
| Millennium Bridge | Southwark Bridge | Cannon Street Railway Bridge | London Bridge | Tower Bridge |
| See also: Crossings of the River Thames | Bridges of the United Kingdom |
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