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Millennium Bridge And Tour Boat

Construction sheeting hides work on riverside office properties while a 'City Cruise' tour boat passes beneath the Millennium Bridge which crosses the Thames river, on 19th October 2021, in London, England. London's newest river crossing for 100-plus years coincided with the Millennium in 2000. It was hurriedly finished and opened to the public on 10 June 2000 when an estimated 100,000 people crossed it to discover the structure oscillated so much that it was forced to close 2 days later. Over the next 18 months designers added dampeners to stop its wobble but it already symbolised what was embarrassing and failing in British pride. Now the British Standard code of bridge loading has been updated to cover the swaying phenomenon, referred to as 'Synchronous Lateral Excitation'.

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Construction sheeting hides work on riverside office properties while a 'City Cruise' tour boat passes beneath the Millennium Bridge which crosses the Thames river, on 19th October 2021, in London, England. London's newest river crossing for 100-plus years coincided with the Millennium in 2000. It was hurriedly finished and opened to the public on 10 June 2000 when an estimated 100,000 people crossed it to discover the structure oscillated so much that it was forced to close 2 days later. Over the next 18 months designers added dampeners to stop its wobble but it already symbolised what was embarrassing and failing in British pride. Now the British Standard code of bridge loading has been updated to cover the swaying phenomenon, referred to as 'Synchronous Lateral Excitation'.
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