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Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge is a road-and-foot traffic crossing of the River Thames in central London linking the Victoria Embankment/Strand (north) with the South Bank. The present structure, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott and completed in 1945, is a pale stone-clad reinforced-concrete bridge with broad carriageway and continuous pedestrian promenades.

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Its prime

1945

Today

Still standing

As it stood in 1945

What Waterloo Bridge looked like in its prime.

A long, low-profile crossing faced in pale Portland stone with a gently cambered deck and smooth stone parapets. The spans read as shallow slab-like arches clad in cream stone, set on regularly spaced slender piers with rounded cutwaters rising from the Thames. The carriageway is wide with raised pedestrian promenades on both sides; the bridge presents a clean horizontal silhouette across the river, its stone surface appearing light and rain-washed against the water.

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6 places to explore in 1945.

The record describes 6 distinct spots at Waterloo Bridge, the full exterior approach. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Midstream beneath the central span (from a river launch)North abutment above the Victoria EmbankmentSouth abutment and riverside walkwayCentre of the bridge, pedestrian promenade looking northwestCentre of the bridge, pedestrian promenade looking eastUnder the arch from the embankment path

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