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Road in London, England

Westminster Bridge Road is a road in London, England. It runs on an east–west axis and passes through the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. Between 1740 and 1746, the Commissioners of Westminster Bridge bought land from the Archbishop of Canterbury and ground in Lambeth Marsh from the Lord Mayor and Commonalty of the City of London for the approach to the bridge on the southern (then Surrey) side. This was the start of Westminster Bridge Road.

From the western end, the road starts as the A302 on the east side of the County Hall roundabout, where Westminster Bridge, York Road and the A3036 Lambeth Palace Road intersect. It then passes under the railway viaduct south of Waterloo station and intersects with Lower Marsh and Upper March before reaching the junction at Lambeth North Underground station (named Kennington Road when it opens on 10 March 1906, renamed Westminster Bridge Road in July 1906, and renamed again in April 1917 as Lambeth North). There Baylis Road, Hercules Road and the A23 branch off, the latter southward as Kennington Road. The intersection was once known as Asylum Circus due to its proximity to the Bethlem Royal Hospital, which from 1815 to 1930 was in the building that now houses the Imperial War Museum, 0.3 mile southeast on Lambeth Rd. The road continues as the A3202 and turns to east northeast as it enters the St George's one way system (traffic flows eastbound only, including cycles) and ends at St George's Circus, where Waterloo Road, Blackfriars Road, Borough Road, London Road and Lambeth Road meet. Originally, the western part of the road was numbered as part of the A23; the latter now starts at Lambeth North tube station and no longer includes Westminster Bridge Road.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is at the west end of the street within the grounds of St Thomas' Hospital. Between 1964 and 1994 the office block at 100 Westminster Bridge Road, then known as Century House, was home to the UK's overseas intelligence agency, the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), or more commonly MI6. The building was refurbished and converted into the residential Perspective Building, designed by Assael Architecture. in 2001. The Lincoln Memorial Tower built by Christopher Newman Hall in the late 19th century in memory of Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation stands close to the junction with Kennington Road. The Roman Catholic St George's Cathedral, Southwark, is between Westminster Bridge Road and St George's Road, the frontage to the diocesan offices being on Westminster Bridge Road. Morley College, an adult education college, is located on the road, and so is the associated Morley Gallery.