The Royal Victoria Dock Bridge is a signature high-level

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crossing the

Royal Victoria Dock The Royal Victoria Dock is the largest of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped London Docklands, Docklands. History Although, the structure was in place in the year 1850, it was opened in 1855, on a pre ...

in the Docklands area of east London designed by London-based architects and designers

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. The bridge provides a direct link from Eastern Quay and Britannia Village, a residential development to the south of the dock, to the ExCeL Exhibition Centre and

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, both situated to the north of the dock. The bridge takes the form of an inverted

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, with six masts rising above the deck at centres, varying in height from almost at each end to just for the smallest masts. The shape of the bridge is designed to reflect the masts of the sailing boats which use the dock. The bridge crosses the dock with a clearance of some above the water, a height which was necessary to allow yachts to pass below the bridge deck. The bridge is accessed at each end by stairs. There was formerly lift access, however the lifts were poorly designed for this situation and have now been taken permanently out of commission as a result of neverending reliability issues. There is a possibility of replacement but no timeline has been set. The bridge was completed in 1998, at a cost of £5 million. A second construction stage envisaged in the bridge's design involves the addition of a glass passenger cabin travelling on a rail of the underside of the deck to make this a

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Pedestrian Bridge at Royal Victoria Dock, London
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