(all the pictures in the slideshow are of tower bridge too)
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The kicker is that the original London Bridge is not even located in London. It was sold and then transported to the USA.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona! Fun facts:
The bridge was bought by Robert McCulloch of McCulloch Chainsaws with his vision of a planned community in the Mojave desert.
All of the bricks were numbered, and they were dismantled and reassembled in a specific order. The bridge was built, not over an actual channel, it was built on a peninsula, and the channel was dug out afterwards.
While he was not the highest bidder on the bridge, the British government appreciated how he calculated his bid by accounting for a value of each brick in relation to the number of people living in England at the time.
The man who designed the roads in Disneyland designed the roads in Lake Havasu City. The only straight road is the highway.
The city did not want to pay for the cost of doves at the opening ceremony. They paid for pigeons that were painted white and they became an invasive species in the city.
Additional fun fact: it's haunted by the ghost of Jack the Ripper.