Hundreds of years ago buildings on bridges were actually quite common but today there are very rare indeed. In this video we remind ourselves of the world famous Old London Bridge and also take a look at surviving examples of buildings on bridges from around the world.

All images used are in the public domain with the following exceptions:

Maps data is copyright Google 2024.

I am thankful to the following people who have shared images on the creative commons - it is thanks to them for doing so that this video has been made possible.

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Pulteney Bridge by Maria CC BY-SA 3.0
Pulteney Bridge by MichaelMaggs CC BY-SA 2.5
Pulteney Bridge by Mr. M Evison CC BY-SA 2.0
Pulteney Bridge by Cisko66 CC BY 3.0

Château de Chenonceau by Taxiarchos228 CC BY-SA 3.0
Château de Chenonceau by Raph CC BY-SA 3.0
Château de Chenonceau by Yvan Lastes CC BY-SA 3.0
Château de Chenonceau by Gzen92 CC BY-SA 4.0
Château de Chenonceau by Gilles PESENTI CC BY-SA 3.0
Château de Chenonceau by Antoine Montule CC BY-SA 4.0
Château de Chenonceau by Spsergio CC BY-SA 3.0

Map of France by Superbenjamin CC BY-SA 4.0

Strasbourg Barrage Vauban Claude TRUONG-NGOC CC BY-SA 3.0

Krämerbrücke in Erfurt by Dr. Bernd Gross CC BY-SA 4.0
Krämerbrücke in Erfurt by Simon Tunstall CC BY 3.0
Krämerbrücke in Erfurt by Andreas Rover CC BY-SA 3.0
Krämerbrücke in Erfurt by TomKidd CC BY-SA 3.0
Krämerbrücke in Erfurt by Blauebratwurst CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
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Krämerbrücke in Erfurt by Michael Sander CC BY-SA 3.0

Old London Bridge Model by The wub CC BY-SA 4.0
Old London bridge Model by Peter. CC BY 2.0

Ambleside Bridge House by Foshie. CC BY 2.0
Ambleside Bridge House by Paul Lakin CC BY 3.0
Ambleside Bridge House by Rob Bendall. Licenced by and attributed to Rob Bendall

The Old Nahe Bridge by Hans Weschta Rudesheim am Rhein CC BY 2.0
The Old Nahe Bridge by Moni Sertel CC BY-SA 2.0
The Old Nahe Bridge by Traveler100 CC BY-SA 3.0
The Old Nahe Bridge by Pudelek (Marcin Szala) CC BY-SA 3.0
The Old Nahe Bridge by Axolotl Nr. 733 CC BY-SA 3.0

Pont De Rohan by Zairon CC BY-SA 4.0
Pont De Rohan by Arnaudlaot CC BY-SA 3.0

Ponte Vecchio Panorama by Jan Drewes CC BY-SA 4.0
Ponte Vecchio by Ingo Mehling CC BY-SA 4.0
Ponte Vecchio by Tanzania CC BY-SA 4.0
Ponte Vecchio by John Samuel CC BY-SA 4.0
Ponte Vecchio by Yair Haklai CC BY-SA 4.0
Ponte Vecchio by Chabe01 CC BY-SA 4.0

Pont des marchands illustration by Vatekor CC BY-SA 4.0
Numbers have been added to the arches. I make this image
available to the public under the same licence - CC BY-SA 4.0

Pont des Marchands by Yannick Garcia CC BY-SA 2.0
Pont des Marchands by Ptitgonevx CC BY-SA 3.0
Pont des Marchands by Didier Descouns CC BY-SA 4.0

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