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The Old Lahn Bridge in Limburg an der Lahn with its surviving bridge tower. A bridge tower (German: Brückenturm) was a type of fortified tower built on a bridge. They were typically built in the period up to early modern times as part of a city or town wall or castle. There is usually a tower at both ends of the bridge.
Part of Bridgewater Place complex, one of two buildings. [1] 2: Plaza Towers: 345 / 105: 34: 1991: Held the title as the tallest building in Grand Rapids from 1991 until 2008. [2] 3: Amway Grand Plaza Hotel: 318 / 97: 28: 1983: Held the title as the tallest building in Grand Rapids from 1983 until 1991. [3] 4: Bridgewater Place: 272 / 83: 18: 1993
The bridge connected Iron Gate, on the north bank of the river, with Horselydown Lane, on the south – now known as Tower Bridge Approach and Tower Bridge Road, respectively. [21] Until the bridge was opened, the Tower Subway – 0.25 mi (400 m) to the west – was the shortest way to cross the river from Tower Hill to Tooley Street in Southwark .
Each tower houses 108 cables, which will hold the bridge's weight. All cables have been installed on the Canadian side. Contact Free Press arts and culture reporter Duante Beddingfield at ...
Bridgewater Place is the first phase of a two-building construction in Downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is currently the fourth tallest building in the city. The second phase was River House Condominiums, which is the tallest building in Grand Rapids. Bridgewater Place is a class A office building with its own parking garage.
Bridgewater Place, nicknamed The Dalek, [2] [3] is an office and residential skyscraper in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was the tallest building in Yorkshire at the time of being topped out in September 2005, but is now the second-tallest after another Leeds building, Altus House .
The mixed-use project, now known as Gracie Plaza, will consist of a 25-story tower with a public plaza, residential and commercial units, and a proposed new pedestrian bridge.
The Shard, [a] also referred to as the Shard London Bridge [12] and formerly London Bridge Tower, [13] is a 72-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development.