[4] By 1962, it was not sturdy enough to carry the increased load of traffic; the bridge was sold by the City of London in April 1968 to make way for its replacement.

[5] The community first started as an Army Air Corps rest camp, called "Site Six" during World War II on the shores of Lake Havasu.

In 1958 McCulloch purchased 3,353 acres (13.57 km2) of property on the east side of the lake along Pittsburgh Point, the peninsula, intending to develop the land.

[12] On September 23, 1968, the bridge's foundation stone was re-laid at the reconstruction site in Arizona by Sir Gilbert Inglefield, Lord Mayor of London.

[13] The bridge was not rebuilt over a river, but was put up on land between the main part of the city and Pittsburgh Point, which at that time was a peninsula jutting into Lake Havasu.

[14] Once completed, a construction company dredged the Bridgewater Channel Canal under the bridge, across the neck of the Pittsburgh Point peninsula.

The Lake Havasu City Convention & Visitors Bureau has undertaken a revitalization of the English Village,[16] with conversion of the mall to condos proposed in 2011 by Virtual Realty Enterprises, its current owner.

[17] On June 16, 2014, The Sun published a false story claiming Lake Havasu City’s beloved London Bridge was being torn down to build an attraction for selling marijuana and drug paraphernalia to tourists.