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The River Thames is the second-longest river in the United Kingdom, passes through the capital city, and has many crossings. Counting every channel – such as by its islands linked to only one bank – it is crossed by over 300 bridges.
The present crossing was built in 1965, and comprises two 190-metre (623 feet) tall lattice towers each side of the Thames. Some suggest that the choice of this height was deliberate, being just taller than the BT Tower in London. [1] The span is 1,372 metres (4,501 feet), the minimum height of the conductors over the river is 76 metres (249 feet).
Even now, the Dartford Crossing provides the only way to cross the Thames by road between London and the sea. The width of the river downstream meant that tunnels were the only options for crossings before improvements in technology allowed the construction of high bridges such as the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge.
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 ...
The Thames Tunnel is a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London, connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping. It measures 35 ft (11 m) wide by 20 ft (6.1 m) high and is 1,300 ft (400 m) long, running at a depth of 75 ft (23 m) below the river surface measured at high tide.
Those over 5.03 metres (16.5 ft) are diverted around the far side of the M25. [18] A number of new crossings have been proposed as relief for the Dartford Crossing. The proposed Thames Gateway Bridge to the west was provisionally supported in 2004, [19] [20] but was cancelled in November 2008 when Boris Johnson became Mayor of London. [21]
Pages in category "Crossings of the River Thames" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
After the river took its present-day course, many of the banks of the Thames Estuary and the Thames Valley in London were partly covered in marshland, as was the adjoining Lower Lea Valley. Streams and rivers like the River Lea , Tyburn Brook and Bollo Brook drained into the river, while some islands, e.g. Thorney Island , formed over the ages.