New London Bridge

For the new structure, Rennie proposed five semielliptical stone arches, with the central span reaching 46 metres (150 feet), the next two 43 metres (140 feet), and the two shore spans 40 metres (130 feet). Rennie died in 1821 before work began,…

…his model for the famous London Bridge (1811). Waterfront attractions along the Tweed, as well as the nearby Floors Castle, have made the town a tourist destination. Pop. (2001) 6,190; (2011) 6,860.

…three cast-iron arches; and the New London Bridge (opened in 1831 and moved more than 130 years later to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, U.S.), made of multiple masonry arches.

Rennie subsequently designed the New London Bridge of multiple masonry arches. Completed in 1831, after Rennie’s death, it was subsequently widened and was finally replaced in the 1960s.

…the presence of the historic London Bridge, which was purchased by McCulloch for a sum of \$2.5 million. Designed by John Rennie with multiple masonry arches and completed in 1831 over the River Thames in London, the bridge (which is not the London Bridge of the nursery rhyme) was transplanted…