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BUILDING THE TOWER BRIDGE
Work was started in April 1886. The bridge was to have been finished by 1889, but difficulties arose and Parliament was twice asked to extend the time for the completion of the work.
The bridge was eventually opened on June 30, 1894, having cost about £1,000,000 sterling to build, a remarkably small sum for such a bridge in such a position. The total length of
the bridge, including the approaches,
is half a mile! When it was built, the
Tower Bridge was the largest and
the hardest of all bascules bridges
ever completed.