Missing Bridge

Every day on the way to and from work I go over the new Blackfriars bridge, yet it's only just occured to me where the original one went. If you look out the window towards the Blackfriars road bridge in the water there's several pillars that made the original bridge, and at the London Bridge end theres a ornate abutment. I found out that it was removed because it simply couldn't handle the weight of modern trains, but i find it odd that they left so much behind when they rebuilt it, or more intrestingly why it wasn't built over the old one, instead of right next to it. Funny how London cahnges so much that there's no evidence left of the connection to the station or tracks either side left... in fact there's a big office block right where it should have been. Makes you wonder how different London looked back then, and how it will look in the future.