"As already you know, I think London's Millennium Bridge is a spectacularly beautiful and highly original piece of architectural engineering, whose razor-sharp profile is best appreciated from a boat on the River Thames.
This YouTube clip gives a nicely illustrated explanation of the 'wobble' phenomenon when it first opened
With the addition of newly engineered dampers, however, the bridge is now quite safe to walk across, either heading south to the Tate Modern Gallery or north to the dome of St Paul's Cathedral."
- Prof O'Boyle
* Photo by Miss Alice, used under Creative Commons.
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