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by voidUpdate 1 day ago
Is it pickup only, or do they deliver as well?
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When SBB has a bridge to sell you, you should pick it up in person.
When London Bridge was sold in the 1960s it was also on the buyer to pick it up from its original location and transport it to the US
I remember the day I decided to finally go see the London Bridge and I drove over it three times trying to find it.
> I drove over it three times

You tried driving in central London? Are you mad?

In case you’re not joking, London Bridge was purchased an American entrepreneur in 1968 and rebuilt in the city of Lake Havasu, Arizona. There is a persistent rumor that he thought he was buying the Tower Bridge, but in contemporaneous newspaper accounts he denied it. Nevertheless, that’s what I was expecting to see when I drove off I-40 that day—I envisioned the Tower Bridge in the middle of the desert connected to nothing which would have been something worth the trip. The actual bridge is not that much to look at.
I have to look this up each time I am reminded of it, to make sure it's not some absurd urban legend.
In the TV show "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" the plot revolves around a gang of Geordie brickies who are contracted to dismantle an iconic bridge, The Tees Transport Bridge, from England and rebuild it for a wealthy buyer in Arizona
> to pick it up

That was necessary because it was falling down

They can likely arrange delivery for a fee, you would need to ask.