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Nine Elms to Pimlico Bridge
For decades bridges have served as an opportunity for architects, engineers (and sometimes even artists) to demonstrate their virtuosity. Impressive as some of the results may be, it seems that no bridge today can be conceived without turning it into an icon – ‘a landmark’ – making the line-up of recent bridges a vanity fair much like the line-up of recent high-rise buildings.
2015