Tower Bridge, London

Thames River. London, UK

Siglo XIX

Ingenieros Sir Horace Jones, Sir John Wolfe-Barry

Movable (bascule) suspension bridge

Peatonal

Once the bridge was completed in 1894, however, the public was appalled with the results. Jones’ original design was simple and had a medieval style. But Jones died in 1887, and Barry added his own artistic touch. When the Tower Bridge opened to traffic in 1894, the journal The Builder cursed the bridge, calling it “the most monstrous and preposterous architectural sham that we have ever known.” But public opinion mellowed over time, and today, the Tower Bridge is one of London’s best loved landmarks.