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270 THE CITY AS IT IS
was completed in 1831. The ex¬
K penses were about a million and a
acs half, but two-thirds of that sum.
> were spent on the approaches. A
fine new street, named in honour
of King William IV, who opened
the new bridge among the early
acts of his short reign, was con¬
structed to reach to the junction
of Gracechurch Street and Cannon
Street ; and the old route by Fish
Street Hill and past the Monument
was abandoned. It may be worth
OFFICES OF PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO,
LEADENHALL STREET
while to mention here that about
120,000 vehicles cross the bridge in
a week ; but it is hoped that the new
Tower Bridge, now in process of
construction, may have a powerful
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effect in diminishing the traffic.
The Monument Station of the
underground railway is not far from
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