London Bridge (Lake Havasu City)

London Bridge
London Bridge in Lake Havasu City
Coordinates	34°28′18″N 114°20′50″W / 34.4716789°N 114.3471778°W / 34.4716789; -114.3471778
Carries	McCulloch Boulevard North
Crosses	Bridgewater Channel Canal
Locale	Lake Havasu City, Arizona, United States
Characteristics
Design	Arch bridge
Material	Clynelish (Brora) sandstone and various granite mixes
Total length	930 feet (280 m; 167 sm)[1]
Longest span	45.6 metres (150 ft)[2]
No. of spans	5
History
Designer	John Rennie
Construction start	1825
Construction end	1831
Opened	August 1, 1831 (London) October 10, 1971 (Lake Havasu)
Rebuilt	1967–1971
Location

London Bridge is a bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, United States. When it was built in the 1830s, it spanned the River Thames in London, England. In 1968, the bridge was purchased from the City of London by Robert P. McCulloch. However, McCulloch only had the exterior granite blocks from the original bridge cut and transported to the United States for use in the construction of a new bridge in Lake Havasu City, a planned community he established in 1964 on the shore of Lake Havasu. The only parts of the “New London Bridge” that made it to Arizona were the exterior masonry. The Arizona bridge is a reinforced concrete structure clad in the original masonry of the 1830s bridge. The bridge was completed in 1971 (along with the Bridgewater Channel Canal, separating the peninsula from the mainland), and links mainland Lake Havasu City with Pittsburgh Point. The "rededication" of the London Bridge took place on October 10, 1971.^[3]