London Bridge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona

 

 

When the traffic in London, England, became too much for this bridge to handle, a new bridge needed to built. The old bridge was sold to Rober McCulloch and reconstructed in Lake Havasu by Robert Beresford. Each brick was numbered and it was reconstructed in the same manner as the Egyptians built pyramids. Sand mounds beneath each arch were carefully formed to the profile of the original bridge arches. When work was completed the sand was removed. A one-mile channel was dredged and water was diverted from the lake, under the bridge, then back into the lake. The bridge was completed and dedicated on October 10, 1971.