Highway Feature of the Week: Tower Bridge (A100), London, England

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Last week, we visited the host city of this year’s Summer Olympics.  So, this week, we’ll visit the host for the 2012 Games – London.

This would be the iconic Tower Bridge, carrying the A100 across the Thames River immediately southeast of the Tower of London.    It’s a drawbridge, and was opened in 1894.

Traffic using the bridge is also limited to a 20 mph speed limit, and an 18 ton weight limit, with both restrictions strictly enforced via sensors and cameras with license-plate recognition technology.  Orwell would be proud, I’m sure.