England - Westminster Bridge 威斯敏斯特大橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1975-09-03 

Westminster Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge spans the River Thames between Westminster, Middlesex bank, and Lambeth, Surrey bank in what is now Greater London, England. The bridge was esteemed one of the most complete and elegant structures of the kind in the world. It is 316.4 meters long and 13.4 meters wide and comprising seven spans. This magnificent structure was begun in 1739, and was finished in 1750. It was built after a design of Charles Labelye, an ingenious Swiss architect.
In 2005 it underwent a complete refurbishment, which was finished in 2007. This sought to restore it to its former glory by replacing the iron fascias and repainting the whole bridge.

威斯敏斯特大橋是公路和步行通行橋，橫跨英國大倫敦市威斯敏斯特的米德爾塞克斯河岸到彼岸琳寶的薩里之間的泰晤士河。是世界上一座值得尊敬最完整結構和優雅的橋梁。橋長316.4公尺，寬13.4公尺，共有7個跨度。這座宏偉的結構由瑞士建築師查爾斯雷柏奈巧妙的設計，興建於1739年至1750年間。
在2005年至2007年，它經歷了一個完整的翻修，鐵板換新並整個橋身重新油漆，試圖恢復它昔日的輝煌。