Lambeth bridge connecting the borough of Lambeth and Westminster, is where there is a long tradition crossing the Thames. This is similar to the right to bridge street – Horseferry road. "Horseferry" translates as "horse ferry": here plied rare for Thames form of transport is a ferry transporting not only people, but horses with carriages.

With this crossing were associated with dramatic events. Here in 1633 ferry sank with things, the servants and horses of the Archbishop of Canterbury Lod (his residence, Lambeth Palace – was close), and in 1656 he went to the bottom of the ferry boat with a crew of Lord protector Oliver Cromwell. There were no casualties, but the people regarded the incident as a sinister omen (Cromwell died two years later, Lod was executed – however, after 12 years).

Here crossed the Thames on the night of 10 December 1688 Maria Modena, wife of king James II, who fled to France from the so-called Glorious revolution. With a six-month son and two maids Maria left at night Whitehall. The night was so dark that closely seated in the boat, the passengers had not seen each other. There was a heavy storm. According to some accounts, on the other side the Queen had an hour to tremble in the dark and cold waiting for the crew with the right people, but everything ended well. The next night the same way and ran the James II. In the middle of the river he threw into the water a great print, which claimed, suggesting that without it, Wilhelm, toppled him from the throne, will not be able to rule. Wilhelm could, and print via many months was accidentally caught by fishermen.

The first bridge at this place was only built in 1862. Charles Dickens Jr. wrote in the dictionary of the Thames": "Lambeth bridge, perhaps the ugliest ever built". It was a simple suspension bridge with no frills, to the extent cost-effective, in that its design was not used traditional chain, and cables. The bridge was unsuccessful: the entrances to it were steep, the horses were climbing slowly formed tube. In the end it became a pedestrian.

Modern Lambeth bridge, designed by engineer sir George Humphreys and architects by sir Reginald Blomfield and George Forrest, was inaugurated in 1932 by king George V. It is a steel arched bridge, arches and grille which is painted red – the color of the leather benches in the House of Lords. It is decorated with eight cast-iron lanterns and in the center – two granite and four obelisks at the entrance.

Obelisks topped with a large stone cones or pineapples. According to urban legend, this is exactly pineapples, erected in memory of the Lambeth resident district John Tradescant Jr., the Royal gardener. It is said that he first raised in the UK pineapple.