Here’s what we found: Sacramento’s Tower Bridge was the first vertical lift bridge — a bridge constructed to be raised for when large ships travel through — on the California highway system.

On 30 December 1952, a double-decker bus drove on to Tower Bridge on its usual route between Shoreditch and Dulwich. It was late in the evening, dark and the temperature had dipped below freezing.

but Tower Bridge stands out for its stunning detail and moveable roadways that lift up when large ships need to pass through. The views from the bridge are an added bonus. From the elevated ...

The normal warning signals given to traffic when a lift was imminent were red traffic ... the Lord Mayor's children's party. Getty Images Tower Bridge opened in 1894, eight years after ...

A lifting bridge on the Dorset coast has reopened after repair work lasting almost three months. Poole's Twin Sails bridge had been in the raised position since a fault was found during an ...