Giant Olympic Rings Revealed on Tower Bridge

To mark the one month countdown to the Olympics, Giant Olympic rings were unveiled on Tower Bridge.

London 2012 chairman Lord Coe and mayor Boris Johnson were among the VIPs who watched as the rings were lowered into place on the central London landmark on the River Thames.

The rings, which weigh three tonnes and are 25 metres wide and 11.5 metres tall , cost £259,817 ($404,512) to produce and installing them is estimated to have cost £53,000 ($82.500).

All costs have been met from the £32 million ($49.8m) Look and Celebration budget, which will be used to back free cultural events across London.

The Yorkshire-made rings are attached to a modular aluminium grid which is 17m by 22m. Together they weigh about 13 tonnes.

Each of London’s famous bridges, from Hungerford Bridge to London Bridge, will be lit in “a dazzling display of colour” during the evenings, according to the mayor’s office.

Giant mobile Olympic rings will travel up and down past famous waterfront landmarks.