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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Blackfriars_Bridge&params=51.5097_N_0.1044_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°30′35″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°06′16″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.5097°N 0.1044°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.5097; -0.1044</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Blackfriars_Bridge&params=51.509925_N_0.106493_W_region:GB_scale:25000">TQ315807</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Carries</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/A201_road" title="A201 road">A201 road</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Crosses</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locale</th><td class="infobox-data label">London, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maintained by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bridge_House_Estates" class="mw-redirect" title="Bridge House Estates">Bridge House Estates</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Corporation" title="City of London Corporation">City of London Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Heritage status</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">Grade II listed structure</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Bridge" title="Waterloo Bridge">Waterloo Bridge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Followed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Blackfriars_Railway_Bridge" title="Blackfriars Railway Bridge">Blackfriars Railway Bridge</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">Characteristics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Arch_bridge" title="Arch bridge">Arch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total length</th><td class="infobox-data">923 feet (281 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">105 feet (32 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of spans</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cubitt" title="Joseph Cubitt">Joseph Cubitt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Constructed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">P. A. Thom & Co.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>19 November 1769<span class="noprint">; 255 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1769-11-19</span>)</span> (first bridge)</li><li>6 November 1869<span class="noprint">; 155 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1869-11-06</span>)</span> (current bridge)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Toll</th><td class="infobox-data">No</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">Location</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="10" data-lat="51.5097" data-lon="-0.1044" data-overlays="["_2ea706fe16b1d288750d03b2efb68c136ee36932"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/10/51.5097/-0.1044/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,51.5097,-0.1044,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Blackfriars_Bridge&revid=1248834989&groups=_2ea706fe16b1d288750d03b2efb68c136ee36932" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,51.5097,-0.1044,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Blackfriars_Bridge&revid=1248834989&groups=_2ea706fe16b1d288750d03b2efb68c136ee36932 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Blackfriars_Bridge_under_construction_1766.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Old_Blackfriars_Bridge_under_construction_1766.png/290px-Old_Blackfriars_Bridge_under_construction_1766.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Old_Blackfriars_Bridge_under_construction_1766.png/435px-Old_Blackfriars_Bridge_under_construction_1766.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Old_Blackfriars_Bridge_under_construction_1766.png/580px-Old_Blackfriars_Bridge_under_construction_1766.png 2x" data-file-width="909" data-file-height="582" /></a><figcaption>Old Blackfriars Bridge under construction 1766</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Blackfriars Bridge</b> is a road and <a href="/wiki/Foot_traffic" class="mw-redirect" title="Foot traffic">foot traffic</a> bridge over the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> in London, between <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Bridge" title="Waterloo Bridge">Waterloo Bridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blackfriars_Railway_Bridge" title="Blackfriars Railway Bridge">Blackfriars Railway Bridge</a>, carrying the <a href="/wiki/A201_road" title="A201 road">A201 road</a>. The north end is in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> near the <a href="/wiki/Inns_of_Court" title="Inns of Court">Inns of Court</a> and <a href="/wiki/Temple_Church" title="Temple Church">Temple Church</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Blackfriars_station" title="Blackfriars station">Blackfriars station</a>. The south end is in the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Southwark" title="London Borough of Southwark">London Borough of Southwark</a>, near the <a href="/wiki/Tate_Modern" title="Tate Modern">Tate Modern</a> art gallery and the <a href="/wiki/Oxo_Tower" title="Oxo Tower">Oxo Tower</a>. Opened in the 1860s, it replaced an earlier bridge from the 1760s. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackfriars_Bridge&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackfriars_Bridge,_River_Thames,_London,_with_St_Pauls_Cathedral.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Blackfriars_Bridge%2C_River_Thames%2C_London%2C_with_St_Pauls_Cathedral.jpg/220px-Blackfriars_Bridge%2C_River_Thames%2C_London%2C_with_St_Pauls_Cathedral.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Blackfriars_Bridge%2C_River_Thames%2C_London%2C_with_St_Pauls_Cathedral.jpg/330px-Blackfriars_Bridge%2C_River_Thames%2C_London%2C_with_St_Pauls_Cathedral.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Blackfriars_Bridge%2C_River_Thames%2C_London%2C_with_St_Pauls_Cathedral.jpg/440px-Blackfriars_Bridge%2C_River_Thames%2C_London%2C_with_St_Pauls_Cathedral.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>Blackfriars Bridge with <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a> behind</figcaption></figure> <p>The first fixed crossing at Blackfriars was a 995-foot (303 m) long <a href="/wiki/Toll_bridge" title="Toll bridge">toll bridge</a> designed in an Italianate style by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mylne_(architect)" title="Robert Mylne (architect)">Robert Mylne</a> and constructed with nine semi-elliptical arches of Portland stone. Beating designs by <a href="/wiki/John_Gwynn_(architect)" title="John Gwynn (architect)">John Gwynn</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Dance_the_Younger" title="George Dance the Younger">George Dance</a>, it took nine years to build, opening to the public in 1769. It was the third bridge across the Thames in the then built-up area of London, supplementing the ancient <a href="/wiki/London_Bridge" title="London Bridge">London Bridge</a>, which dated from several centuries earlier, and <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Bridge" title="Westminster Bridge">Westminster Bridge</a>. It was originally named "William Pitt Bridge" (after the Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham" title="William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham">William Pitt the Elder</a>) as a dedication, but its informal name relating to the precinct within the City named after the Blackfriars Monastery, a <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order">Dominican</a> <a href="/wiki/Priory" title="Priory">priory</a> which once stood nearby, was generally adopted. It was later made toll free. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Corporation" title="City of London Corporation">City of London Corporation</a> was responsible for promoting it and the location between the other two bridges was chosen because it was realised that the disused wharfage of the lower <a href="/wiki/River_Fleet" title="River Fleet">River Fleet</a> from the Thames to what became <a href="/wiki/Ludgate_Circus" title="Ludgate Circus">Ludgate Circus</a> would allow access into the north bank without unduly disrupting the neighbourhood; hence its name of <a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Bridge_Street&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="New Bridge Street (page does not exist)">New Bridge Street</a>. The Fleet can be seen discharging into the Thames at its north side. By taking an access road from its southern landing to a junction with the routes created to simplify passage between those bridges to its east and west to the south it would also add to those improvements. This created the junction at <a href="/wiki/St_George%27s_Circus" title="St George's Circus">St George's Circus</a> between <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Bridge_Road" title="Westminster Bridge Road">Westminster Bridge Road</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_Road" title="Borough Road">Borough Road</a> and the later named <a href="/wiki/Blackfriars_Road" title="Blackfriars Road">Blackfriars Road</a> which crossed the largely open parish of <a href="/wiki/Christchurch_Surrey" class="mw-redirect" title="Christchurch Surrey">Christchurch Surrey</a>. The continuation to the south at the major junction at <a href="/wiki/Elephant_and_Castle" title="Elephant and Castle">Elephant and Castle</a> is therefore named <a href="/wiki/London_Road,_Southwark" title="London Road, Southwark">London Road</a>. </p><p>Although it was built of Portland stone the workmanship was very faulty. Between 1833 and 1840 extensive repairs were necessary, until at last it was decided to build a new bridge on the same site, which coincided with the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Thames_Embankment" title="Thames Embankment">Thames Embankment</a>'s junction with the new <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Street,_London" title="Queen Victoria Street, London">Queen Victoria Street</a> and required a major reconfiguration. </p><p>The original Blackfriars Bridge was dismantled in 1860. P.A. Thom & Company won the contract for the bridge's reconstruction, and they placed an order with Lloyds, Foster and Company for the required ironwork.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, P.A. Thom encountered difficulties in finding stable foundations for the bridge, which ultimately led to financial troubles. As a result, Lloyds, Foster and Company went bankrupt, suffering a loss of £250,000 on the project. The metalwork for the bridge was ultimately constructed by The <a href="/wiki/Patent_Shaft" title="Patent Shaft">Patent Shaft</a> and Axletree Company, <a href="/wiki/Wednesbury" title="Wednesbury">Wednesbury</a>, following their acquisition of Lloyds, Foster and Company.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The present bridge which on 6 November 1869 was opened by Queen Victoria<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is 923 feet (281 m) long, consisting of five wrought iron<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> arches built to a design by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cubitt" title="Joseph Cubitt">Joseph Cubitt</a>. Cubitt also designed the adjacent rail bridge (now demolished) and it was a condition that the spans and piers of the two bridges be aligned. Like its predecessor it is owned and maintained by the <a href="/wiki/Bridge_House_Estates" class="mw-redirect" title="Bridge House Estates">Bridge House Estates</a>, a charitable trust overseen by the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Corporation" title="City of London Corporation">City of London Corporation</a>. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackfriars_and_Southwark_Bridges_Act_1867&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blackfriars and Southwark Bridges Act 1867 (page does not exist)">Blackfriars and Southwark Bridges Act 1867</a> put the full length and its southern end within the city's borders, in the parish of St Anne Blackfriars, and not in the adjoining borough of <a href="/wiki/Southwark" title="Southwark">Southwark</a>. Due to the volume of traffic over the bridge, it was widened between 1907 and 1910, from 70 feet (21 m) to its present 105 feet (32 m). </p><p>On 14 September 1909 a <a href="/wiki/Trams_in_London" title="Trams in London">tram line</a> was opened across the newly widened bridge by the Lord Mayor of London, <a href="/wiki/George_Wyatt_Truscott" title="George Wyatt Truscott">George Wyatt Truscott</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Marshall_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marshall-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It closed on 5 July 1952. </p><p>The bridge attracted some international attention in June 1982, when the body of <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Calvi" title="Roberto Calvi">Roberto Calvi</a>, a former chairman of Italy's largest private bank, was found hanging from one of its arches with five bricks and around $14,000 in three different currencies in his pockets. Calvi's death was initially treated as suicide, but he was on the run from Italy accused of <a href="/wiki/Embezzlement" title="Embezzlement">embezzlement</a> and in 2002 forensic experts concluded that he had been murdered by the <a href="/wiki/Sicilian_Mafia" title="Sicilian Mafia">Mafia</a>, to whom he was indebted.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, five suspected members of the Mafia were tried in a Rome court for Calvi's murder, but all were acquitted in June 2007 for lack of evidence.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decorations">Decorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackfriars_Bridge&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Temperance_-_Statue_-_Blackfriars_Bridge_north_end_-_London_-_240404.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Temperance_-_Statue_-_Blackfriars_Bridge_north_end_-_London_-_240404.jpg/170px-Temperance_-_Statue_-_Blackfriars_Bridge_north_end_-_London_-_240404.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Temperance_-_Statue_-_Blackfriars_Bridge_north_end_-_London_-_240404.jpg/255px-Temperance_-_Statue_-_Blackfriars_Bridge_north_end_-_London_-_240404.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Temperance_-_Statue_-_Blackfriars_Bridge_north_end_-_London_-_240404.jpg/340px-Temperance_-_Statue_-_Blackfriars_Bridge_north_end_-_London_-_240404.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="853" /></a><figcaption>Temperance statue</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Queen_Victoria_Statue,_Blackfriars_Bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Queen_Victoria_Statue%2C_Blackfriars_Bridge.jpg/170px-Queen_Victoria_Statue%2C_Blackfriars_Bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Queen_Victoria_Statue%2C_Blackfriars_Bridge.jpg/255px-Queen_Victoria_Statue%2C_Blackfriars_Bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Queen_Victoria_Statue%2C_Blackfriars_Bridge.jpg/340px-Queen_Victoria_Statue%2C_Blackfriars_Bridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Queen Victoria statue delivery</figcaption></figure> <p>On the piers of the bridge are stone carvings of water birds by sculptor <a href="/wiki/John_Birnie_Philip" title="John Birnie Philip">John Birnie Philip</a>. On the East (downstream) side (i.e. the side closer to the <a href="/wiki/Thames_Estuary" title="Thames Estuary">Thames Estuary</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>), the carvings show marine life and seabirds; those on the West (upstream) side show freshwater birds – reflecting the role of Blackfriars as the tidal turning point. </p><p>On the north side of the bridge is a statue of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> (funded by Sir <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Seale_Haslam" title="Alfred Seale Haslam">Alfred Seale Haslam</a><sup id="cite_ref-vict_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vict-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), to whom the bridge was dedicated. </p><p>At the north end of the bridge is a commemorative plaque documenting the bridge's history, including its reopening in 1909 by Lord Mayor Truscott, accompanied by a relief of the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_City_of_London_Corporation" title="Coat of arms of the City of London Corporation">coat of arms of the City of London Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Marshall_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marshall-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ends of the bridge are shaped like a pulpit in a reference to Black Friars.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Railway_station">Railway station</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackfriars_Bridge&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Railway station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The bridge gave its name to <a href="/wiki/Blackfriars_Bridge_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackfriars Bridge railway station">Blackfriars Bridge railway station</a> on the southern bank which opened in 1864 before closing to passengers in 1885 following the opening of what is today the main <a href="/wiki/Blackfriars_station" title="Blackfriars station">Blackfriars station</a>. Blackfriars Bridge station continued as a goods stop until 1964 when it was completely demolished, and much of it redeveloped into offices. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/River_Fleet" title="River Fleet">River Fleet</a> empties into the Thames under the north end of Blackfriars Bridge. The structure was given <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">Grade II listed status</a> in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackfriars_Bridge&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">irrelevant</a> references to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Trivia_sections#"In_popular_culture"_and_"Cultural_references"_material" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections">popular culture</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help Wikipedia to <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blackfriars_Bridge&action=edit">improve this section</a> by removing the content or adding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">citations</a> to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources">independent sources</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p> In 1774 the new bridge was mentioned in a popular song in <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dibdin" title="Charles Dibdin">Charles Dibdin</a>'s opera <i>The Waterman</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> referring to the boatmen who used to carry fashionable folks to <a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_Gardens" title="Vauxhall Gardens">Vauxhall Gardens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ranelagh_Gardens" title="Ranelagh Gardens">Ranelagh Gardens</a>.<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>And did you not hear of the jolly young waterman,<br /> Who at Blackfriars Bridge used for to ply?<br /> And he feathered his oars with such skill and dexterity,<br /> Winning each heart and delighting each eye. </p> </div></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackfriars_Bridge,_London,_England,_240404.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Blackfriars_Bridge%2C_London%2C_England%2C_240404.jpg/220px-Blackfriars_Bridge%2C_London%2C_England%2C_240404.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Blackfriars_Bridge%2C_London%2C_England%2C_240404.jpg/330px-Blackfriars_Bridge%2C_London%2C_England%2C_240404.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Blackfriars_Bridge%2C_London%2C_England%2C_240404.jpg/440px-Blackfriars_Bridge%2C_London%2C_England%2C_240404.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Blackfriars Bridge viewed from upstream, looking south</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BlackfriarsBridgeP1020583.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/BlackfriarsBridgeP1020583.jpg/220px-BlackfriarsBridgeP1020583.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/BlackfriarsBridgeP1020583.jpg/330px-BlackfriarsBridgeP1020583.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/BlackfriarsBridgeP1020583.jpg/440px-BlackfriarsBridgeP1020583.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Blackfriars Bridge at night</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:London,_under_the_Blackfriars_Railway_Bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/London%2C_under_the_Blackfriars_Railway_Bridge.jpg/220px-London%2C_under_the_Blackfriars_Railway_Bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/London%2C_under_the_Blackfriars_Railway_Bridge.jpg/330px-London%2C_under_the_Blackfriars_Railway_Bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/London%2C_under_the_Blackfriars_Railway_Bridge.jpg/440px-London%2C_under_the_Blackfriars_Railway_Bridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>View from the <a href="/wiki/Thames_Path" title="Thames Path">Thames Path</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Blackfriars_Railway_Bridge" title="Blackfriars Railway Bridge">Blackfriars Railway Bridge</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Bailey_bridge" title="Bailey bridge">Bailey bridge</a> constructed over the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">River Rhine</a> at <a href="/wiki/Rees,_Germany" title="Rees, Germany">Rees, Germany</a>, in 1945 by the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Military_Engineers" title="Canadian Military Engineers">Royal Canadian Engineers</a> (R.C.E.) was named "Blackfriars Bridge", and, at 558 m (1814 ft) including the ramps at each end, was the longest Bailey bridge then constructed.<sup id="cite_ref-CMEA_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CMEA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Neverwhere" title="Neverwhere">Neverwhere</a></i>, "Blackfriars Bridge" was named as the home of an unknown order of monks who held the key to an angelic prison. The bridge is also featured in the lyrics of the song "The Resurrectionist" by the <a href="/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys" title="Pet Shop Boys">Pet Shop Boys</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Louis_A._Meyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis A. Meyer">Louis A. Meyer</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Bloody_Jack_(novel)" title="Bloody Jack (novel)">Bloody Jack: Being An Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy</a></i>, Jacky is introduced as an orphan in early 19th-century London who lives with her orphan gang under Blackfriars Bridge. </p><p>The bridge appears during the opening sequence of the film <i><a href="/wiki/Happy-Go-Lucky_(2008_film)" title="Happy-Go-Lucky (2008 film)">Happy-Go-Lucky</a></i>, where the main character rides across it on a bicycle. In the 1998 spy film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Avengers_(1998_film)" title="The Avengers (1998 film)">The Avengers</a></i>, the bridge is destroyed by a <a href="/wiki/Tornado" title="Tornado">tornado</a> caused by a weather-changing machine built by a mad scientist when he causes a hurricane over London.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The bridge was featured in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Order_of_the_Phoenix_(film)" title="Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)">Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix</a></i> (2007). The Order of the Phoenix passes under it on their flight from number four, Privet Drive to Grimmauld Place. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gilliam" title="Terry Gilliam">Terry Gilliam</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Imaginarium_of_Doctor_Parnassus" title="The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus">The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus</a></i> (2009), <a href="/wiki/Heath_Ledger" title="Heath Ledger">Heath Ledger</a>'s character Tony is found hanging under the Blackfriars Bridge, described by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gilliam" title="Terry Gilliam">Terry Gilliam</a> as "an homage to <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Calvi" title="Roberto Calvi">Roberto Calvi</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Cassandra_Clare" title="Cassandra Clare">Cassandra Clare</a>'s book series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Infernal_Devices" title="The Infernal Devices">The Infernal Devices</a></i>, Tessa Gray and Jem Carstairs meet at the bridge every year from 1878 to 2008 except for 1941 as it was deemed too dangerous due to World War II. They also get married there.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackfriars_Bridge&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crossings_of_the_River_Thames" title="List of crossings of the River Thames">List of crossings of the River Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_London" title="List of bridges in London">List of bridges in London</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blackfriars_Bridge&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160121085623/http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/Wednesbury/Lloyd/Wednesbury.htm">"The Lloyds of Wednesbury"</a>. 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Becket, London 1774).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CMEA-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CMEA_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cmea-agmc.ca/heritage-moment/blackfriars-bridge-longest-bailey-bridge-world">"Blackfriars Bridge – Longest Bailey Bridge in the World"</a>. Canadian Military Engineers Association<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/w/index.php?title=Blackfriars_Bridge&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The many difficulties encountered and innovations used in building the first Blackfriars Bridge 1759–69 are described in: </p> <ul><li>Ted Ruddock <i>Arch bridges and their builders, 1735–85</i> (1979 reprinted 2009) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-09021-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-09021-6">978-0-521-09021-6</a>, and</li> <li>Robert Ward <i>The man who buried Nelson, the surprising life of Robert Mylne</i> (2007) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a 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