Wallingford Bridge
Wallingford Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Wallingford Bridge from downstream | |
| Coordinates | 51°36′02.5″N 1°07′13.5″W / 51.600694°N 1.120417°W |
| Carries | Road |
| Crosses | River Thames |
| Locale | Wallingford |
| Maintained by | Oxfordshire County Council |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | arch |
| Material | Stone |
| Total length | 900 feet (270 m) |
| Height | 16 feet 5 inches (5.00 m)[1] |
| No. of spans | 19 |
| Location | |
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Wallingford Bridge is a medieval road bridge over the River Thames in England which connects Wallingford and Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire (Wallingford was historically in Berkshire until 1974 reorganization). It crosses the Thames on the reach between Cleeve Lock and Benson Lock. The bridge is 900 feet (270 m) long and has 19 arches.[2] It is a scheduled monument. Since the construction of the southern Wallingford bypass in 1993, most traffic crossing the Thames at the town uses Winterbrook Bridge.
History
The first reference to a bridge across the
Bench marks
There are three Ordnance Survey bench marks on the bridge. A cut mark over the centre of the river on the south parapet,[5] another cut mark near the east end of the bridge on the north parapet[6] and a flush bracket numbered 11 used during the second geodetic levelling of England and Wales close to the river bank on the south side of the bridge.[7]
See also
- Crossings of the River Thames
References
- ^ River Thames Alliance. Bridge heights on the River Thames
- ^ "Wallingford Bridge - WHERE THAMES SMOOTH WATERS GLIDE".
- ^ Thacker, Fred. S. (1968) [1920]. The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. p. not cited.
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- ^ "Cut Mark: Wallingford Bridge, South Parapet". Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ "Cut Mark: Wallingford Bridge, North Parapet". Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ "Flush Bracket OSBM 11: Wallingford Bridge". Retrieved 9 December 2016.