Bridge sights in London
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Mile End Park
The 36-hectare Mile End Park is a long, narrow series of interconnected green spaces wedged between Burdett and Grove Rds and the Grand Union Canal. Landscaped to great effect during the millennium year, it now incorporates a go-kart track, a children’s centre for under-10s, areas for public art, an ecology area, an indoor climbing wall and a sports stadium under renovation. The centrepiece, though, is architect Piers Gough’s ‘green bridge’ linking the northern and southern sections of the park over busy Mile End Rd and planted with trees and shrubs.
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Holborn Viaduct
This fine iron bridge was built in 1869 in an effort to smarten up the area, as well as to link Holborn and Newgate St above what had been a valley created by the River Fleet. The four bronze statues represent Commerce and Agriculture (on the northern side) and Science and Fine Arts (on the south).
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Millennium Bridge
Constructed as a landmark for the 21st century, the sinuous Millennium Bridge provides a highly scenic short cut from St Paul’s to the Tate Modern – except during rush hour, when the views are obscured by thousands of commuters.
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