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Millennium Bridge, London

The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City of London. It is owned and maintained by Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. Construction began in 1998, and it initially opened on 10 June 2000.

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2000

City of London, City of London, United Kingdom

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Millennium Bridge, London in City of London, United Kingdom

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Bridge over the River Thames in England

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Norman Foster

Born 1935 · London, England, United Kingdom

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Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, is an English architect. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Lord Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. His firm, Foster + Partners, first founded in 1967 as Foster Associates, is the largest in the Unit…

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Foster + Partners

practice · London, England, United Kingdom

Role: designer

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