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Wallingford Bridge (Oxfordshire). The original crossings over the Thames would all have been fords- typically on gravel beds. Well known ones include Wallingford and Oxford, but it is likely that there was a prehistoric ford where the Romans built London Bridge.
The only fixed road crossing of the Thames east of Greater London, it is the busiest estuarial crossing in the United Kingdom, with an average daily use of over 130,000 vehicles. [1] It opened in stages: the west tunnel in 1963, the east tunnel in 1980 and the bridge in 1991.
The installation’s colour scheme is in part influenced by famous paintings of the Thames, as noted by The Times: “The colours and tones used in the paintings of those inveterate Thames-watchers Monet, Whistler and Turner provide some of the inspiration, while at Westminster [bridge] a shade of green was chosen to complement the colour of ...
Dating from 1863, the bridge is one of the oldest crossings over the Thames in London. [1] The bridge's completion provided a connection between the main northbound lines out of Paddington and Euston with the southbound lines of Waterloo, Victoria and Clapham Junction via the West London Extension Railway. [2]
The refurbishment of a 161-year old central London bridge is under way. Hungerford railway bridge, which takes trains over the River Thames between the South Bank and London Charing Cross station ...
St John's Bridge, Lechlade; Shillingford Bridge; Shiplake Railway Bridge; Sonning Backwater Bridges; Sonning Bridge; Southwark Bridge; Staines Bridge; Staines Railway Bridge; Sutton Bridge, Oxfordshire; Swinford Toll Bridge
Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge crossing over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side. The bridge is painted predominantly green, the same colour as the leather seats in the House of Commons which is on the side of the Palace of Westminster nearest to the bridge, but a ...
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 1973, is a box girder bridge built from concrete and steel. It replaced a 19th-century stone-arched bridge, which in turn ...