We all know the children song london bridge is falling down but how much do we really know about it. The first london bridge was first built in 43 AD by the Romans over the River Thames. The bridge had to be rebuilt in 1176 after the Vikings attacked it . The first stone bridge was built in 1176. The next bridge was built in June 1825 out of granite. In 1962 the london bridge started falling down after a 130 yrs and surviving the ww2 air strikes and the weight of modern cars the bridge started sinking 1inch every 8yr not being able to fix it the English government decided to try to sell it to the United States. In 1968 negotiations started with a man named Robert McCulloch and he ended up paying $2.46million. The Bridge was disassembled and moved brick by brick by cargo ships to Long Beach California then trucked to Lake Havasu City in Arizona. It took 3 years to rebuild the bridge and reinforced with cement and rebar to support modern cars.
