LondonBridgeisbetweentheCityofLondonandSouthwark.ItisbetweenCannonStreetRailwayBridgeandTowerBridge.London'soriginalbridgemadethisoneofthemostfamousbridgeintheworld.
ThefirstLondonBridgeisthoughttohavebeenbuiltbytheRomanssometimeinthefirstcentury,withseveralrebuildsoverthecenturies.Eventuallywoodenbridgeswerereplacedwithastonebridge,thefirstonebeingstartedin1176andfinishedyearslater
Throughoutitshistory,Londonbridgehasbeenabusythoroughfare,andwasoncelinedwithshops.Theroadoverthebridgewasonlyabout4mwidebetweentheshops.Itwassonarrowitoftenjammedwithpeople,horsesandcarts.In1733a'keepleft'rulewasenforcedtokeepthetrafficmoving.ThisbecametheruleoftheroadinBritain.
In1757thehousesandshopsonthebridgeweredemolished.Anewbridgewasbuiltin1831toreplacetheoldone.Thisinturnwasdemolishedin1967andrebuiltinLakeHavasuCity,USA,asatouristattraction.Thepresentlondonbridgeopenedin1973.