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The Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge is a covered bridge at St John's College, Cambridge University. It was built in 1831 and crosses the River Cam between the college's Third Court and New Court. The architect was Henry Hutchinson.〔 It is named after the Bridge of Sighs in Venice,〔(The Bridge of Sighs )〕 although they have little architecturally in common beyond the fact that they are both covered. The bridge, a Grade I listed building, is one of Cambridge's main tourist attractions and Queen Victoria is said to have loved it more than any other spot in the city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Court )〕 A common myth states that it was the students who named this bridge "bridge of sighs," as the context of its existing within the college grounds means that the "sighs" are those of pre-exam students. This belief probably has much to do with the function of the bridge—linking two quadrangles of St John's College together in a covered path, as opposed to Kitchen Bridge, which is an open-air bridge. Students are rumoured for their sighs on proceeding from their quarters on the Backs to the tutors' offices in the main college quadrangle. On two separate occasions, students have pulled the prank of dangling a car under the bridge. In the first incident (in June 1963), a 1928 Austin 7 was punted down the river using four punts that had been lashed together, then hoisted up under the bridge using ropes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Plans to recreate Austin 7 Cambridge student stunt racing ahead )〕 The second incident (in 1968) a Bond or Reliant Regal three-wheeler car was dangled under the bridge. In neither case was the bridge damaged. The bridge was apparently a favourite spot of former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, having photos taken there when he was a student, in 1974 and 2000.〔http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/pm-lee-shares-old-pictures-parents-cambridges-bridge-sig〕〔https://www.facebook.com/leehsienloong/photos/a.344710778924968.83425.125845680811480/883441685051872/?type=1〕 ==See also== *Bridge of Sighs (Oxford) *List of bridges in Cambridge 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bridge of Sighs (Cambridge)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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