London Bridge in Arizona

In 1968, an American businessman from Missouri, Robert McCulloch, bought the old London Bridge. The crossing was dismantled and transported to the United States, the stone blocks were mounted as cladding in the reinforced concrete supporting structure of the bridge installed near the canal near the city of Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

Before that, London Bridge for about 140 years served as a crossing over the Thames, it was the first and long remained the only bridge in London, survived two wars with their terrible destruction.

The bridge cost the entrepreneur $2.5 million, and its transportation took more than 3 years. But it was worth it: construction gradually developed around the bridge in Lake Havasu City, the flow of tourists increased.