The central London walk starts off underneath the Millennium Bridge that joins St Paul's to the Tate Modern.
The Millennium Bridge - dubbed the "wobbly" bridge - over the Thames had to be closed for more than 18 months while engineers carried out modifications to make it more stable.
When all the pieces are put together, however, the Tate Modern and the Millennium Bridge will make major contributions to the revitalisation of the Thames as a cultural centre and tourist attraction.
But the Tate Modern should soon be linked to the other side of the Thames and to St Paul's cathedral by the Millennium Bridge for pedestrians the first new Thames crossing constructed since 1894.
The development is the latest Millennium Commission-funded project to be surrounded in controversy, following the financial woes of the Dome and the structural problems of the Millennium Bridge, which was designed by Lord Foster, the architect of the British Museum's new glass roof.
Among the lottery-funded projects which have proved less of an instant success are the Millennium Dome, Millennium Bridge and Glasgow Science Centre Tower.
Visitors can now walk from the Millennium wheel at Westminster Bridge past the concert halls and theatres of the South Bank and continue down to the gallery.
The well-known venture capitalist recalled the incident while sitting on a leather sofa in his staggering penthouse: a newly completed two-bedroom, three-bath 5, 500-square-foot apartment on the 60th floor of the Millennium Tower with views from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge and beyond.
He has since gone on to mount an impressive list of works, including bringing the sound of the sea from the Normandy beaches to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, and the inner vibrations of London's Millennium Bridge to London's Tate Modern.
From the museum's third-floor sculpture terrace, a silvery pedestrian bridge arches over to Millennium Park.
Warrington were without Matt King, Chris Bridge, Simon Grix and Mike Cooper, who all picked up injuries in the opening day Millennium Magic defeat by Huddersfield Giants in Cardiff.
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