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		</div><p>Tower Bridge remains closed to vehicles after it was stuck open for more than an hour on Saturday due to a “mechanical fault”.</p>
<p>The landmark’s Twitter account confirmed only pedestrians and cyclists could use it on Sunday morning.</p>
<p>City of London Police urged motorists to find alternative routes.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tower Bridge remains open to pedestrians only at present.</p>
<p>&mdash; Tower Bridge (@TowerBridge) <a href="https://twitter.com/TowerBridge/status/1297452231088906241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Traffic in central London was left gridlocked after the famous bridge failed to close after allowing a ship to pass along the River Thames on Saturday afternoon.</p>
<p>Queues of motorists and pedestrians were left waiting for at least an hour from both directions.</p>
<p>A witness said: “According to the security radios we overheard there are multiple failures.”</p>
<p>City of London Police said engineers rushed to fix the bridge as drivers were urged to avoid the area.</p>
<p>Its Twitter account said: “Tower Bridge is currently closed to pedestrians and traffic, due to a mechanical fault.”</p>
<p>One social media user said: “I’ve been stuck here for nearly an hour now… #TowerBridge.”</p>
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<p>Tower Bridge is currently closed to pedestrians and traffic, due a mechanical fault. Mechanics are currently working hard to fix the bridge. Please find alternative routes. <a href="https://twitter.com/Squarehighways?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Squarehighways</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TfLTrafficNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TfLTrafficNews</a></p>
<p>&mdash; City of London Police (@CityPolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/CityPolice/status/1297203067520262147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Another commented: “Yep, tower bridge definitely stuck! One side started to come down but the other didn’t! #towerbridge #londontraffic.”</p>
<p>The bridge connects the Square Mile financial district to Southwark.</p>
<p>In 2005, police closed the bridge for 10 hours after a technical problem meant the arms could not be lowered.</p>
<p>A spokesman for the bridge, which is owned and managed by the City of London Corporation, has been approached to comment.</p>
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