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Where London's other bridges are dignified and utilitarian, Tower Bridge, with its 'daring majesty' cocks a snook at Victorian formality.

The first recorded wooden bridge was built in 1583, and was destroyed during the siege of York. Two more were built after one another; the second was washed away by floods.

Berwyn is a lonely spot west of Llangollen, where the half-timbered Chain Bridge Hotel and the station on the old Llangollen-Corwen railway stand beside the River Dee as it enters a small gorge.

Back on the river, this view looks north-east from the Crowmarsh Gifford bank to Bridge House, with the remarkable spire of St Peter's Church beyond.

Apart from the Abbey, the town is famous for the 14th-century triangular bridge, seen here from West Street.

The bridge is the railway bridge over the River Ribble, and we can see the far bank clearly.

The bridge is the railway bridge over the River Ribble, and we can see the far bank clearly.

Beyond is the Suspension Bridge linking Mill Meadow Island with Embankment Gardens at the right-hand end of the bridge.

The bridge is one of a number built in the 19th century – previously, Cark had just one bridge over the beck.

The ornate obelisk of 1763 commemorates a chapel that once stood on High Bridge.

It was always a bottleneck, and fifty years before our photograph one form of entertainment would be to sit on the low parapet of Salford Bridge, clay pipe in hand, and watch the farm carts fight their

This bridge, from which Bridgend derives its name, was probably constructed after Owain Glyndwr's uprising. It was partly demolished by a large flood on 21 August 1775.

The photographer is standing on the first Lambeth Bridge, which was built in 1862 as a toll-bridge.

The elegant, high-arched Beggars Bridge at Glaisdale is dated 1619, and carries the packhorse route from Glaisdale to Whitby across the River Esk.

Staines's High Street leads down towards this bridge over the Thames. The three-arched structure was designed by George Rennie and opened by King William IV in the 1830s.

The stone bridge carries the A354 over the River Ebble at Coombe Bisset.

Cutting across the middle of the picture is the bridge carrying the Caledonian Railway, while on the far right is the Victoria Road bridge.

Bridge Street is still one of the narrowest main roads in Dorset.

Canova considered the old Waterloo Bridge, with its nine elliptical arches, to be one of the most magnificent in Europe.

This shows the 2,253ft long bridge with a train heading north.

Whenever the Chester Road and Northwich Road swing-bridges are opened to allow ships to pass along the Manchester Ship Canal, Warrington grinds to a halt; traffic tails back for hundreds of yards either

A blacksmith's forge used to stand beside this packhorse bridge spanning Winn Brook, one of eight bridges boasted by this tiny village. It was at Winsford that Ernest Bevin was born in 1881.

The Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society building stands at the junction of these two streets close by Blackfriars Bridge.

The Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society building stands at the junction of these two streets close by Blackfriars Bridge.