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PUZZLE 3 London Bridges |
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Can you match the features with the correct bridge?
| Tower Bridge | carries the A217 |
| London Bridge | is the oldest bridge still in use |
| Cannon Street Bridge | was built for the London & South Western Railway |
| Southwark Bridge | was officially William Pitt Bridge |
| Millennium Bridge | was built at a Roman battle site |
| Blackfriars Bridge | is decorated with 8 bronze figures |
| Waterloo Bridge | was opened with a 25 gun salute at 3:45am |
| Hungerford Bridge | carries the railway to/from Victoria Station |
| Westminster Bridge | stood over 6oo years |
| Lambeth Bridge | is Little Dorrit's 'Iron Bridge' |
| Vauxhall Bridge | its correct name is Alexandra Bridge |
| Grosvenor Bridge | was designed by William Jacomb (Brunel's assistant) |
| Chelsea Bridge | was intended to be a 'blade of light' |
| Albert Bridge | was originally a Chinoiserie style wooden bridge |
| Battersea Bridge | was targetted by the IRA |
| Wandsworth Bridge | was constructed mainly by women |
| Fulham railway bridge | has water mains running under the footway |
| Putney Bridge | is just upstream of Richmond Lock |
| Hammersmith Bridge | was opened by Edward VII in 1903 |
| Barnes Bridge | is the finishing point of the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race |
| Chiswick Bridge | was the subject of paintings by Whistler |
| Kew Bridge | took 13 years to build |
| Twickenham Bridge | instructs troops to break step when crossing |
| Richmond Bridge | is decorated with pineapples |
| Kingston Bridge | utilises piers designed by IK Brunel |
| Hampton Court Bridge | its 12th century remains are now within a department store |
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