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Glengall Bridge is a bridge in the Millwall Inner Dock,
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, London, England, near the
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. It is located in the
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. The present Dutch-style double-leaf bascule bridge opened in 1990, resembling
Langlois Bridge The Langlois Bridge (French: ''Pont de Langlois'') was a double-beam drawbridge in Arles, France, which was the subject of several paintings by Vincent van Gogh in 1888. Being one of eleven drawbridges built by a Dutch engineer along the channe ...
at
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.The contract to manufacture the bridge across Millwall Dock was awarded to Butterley Engineering Company Ltd; of Ripley, Derbyshire. The name derives from Glengall Grove which used to extend from West Ferry Road to Manchester Road with a bridge over Millwall Dock at exactly the same spot. In ''
The World Is Not Enough ''The World Is Not Enough'' is a 1999 spy film, the nineteenth in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional Secret Intelligence Service, MI6 agent Jam ...
'', James Bond's boat cruises underneath the bridge in the famous water chase scene.


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