Remember I told you about the bridge the Queen opened but couldn't cross
because it wasn't finished ...
Suzie
> *** Footbridge over Thames River closed
>
> LONDON (AP) - London's new suspension footbridge across the Thames,
> which opened this weekend to great fanfare, will be closed
> indefinitely due to a problem with excessive swaying, authorities
> announced Monday. The Millennium Bridge Trust said the structure
> would close so engineers could continue investigating its tendency to
> sway alarmingly under the weight of thousands of people. The
> 1,050-foot bridge is the heart of a new pedestrian corridor starting
> outside the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral and crossing the river to
> the Tate Modern art gallery. After some of the first pedestrians
> Saturday complained of seasickness after walking on the swaying deck,
> police limited the number of people allowed on the bridge at one
> time. The bridge marks central London's first new river crossing
> since the opening of Tower Bridge in 1894.
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