Tower Bridge as its northern landfall is in Tower Hamlets. The bridge consists of two bridge towers tied together at the upper level by two horizontal walkways, designed to withstand the horizontal tension forces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge on the landward sides of the towers. The vertical components of the forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers. The bascule pivots and operating machinery are housed in the base of each tower. Before its restoration in the 2010s, the bridge's colour scheme dated from 1977, when
London Bridge Area Signalling Centre Charing Cross and London Bridge (Central) traffic. Prior to the London Bridge ASC, Cannon Street and Charing Cross traffic arrived at London Bridge on all lines and was either signalled approaching or leaving London Bridge station to their respective destinations. With the development of London Bridge ASC, all this traffic was sorted out further outside London Bridge, mainly at Parks Bridge but occasionally in the New Cross area. The London Bridge central traffic was kept as a separate working railway from the eastern side. The signalling centre is a two-storey building. The upper section is about two-thirds the length and