Crossings of the River Thames - Definition and Overview

This is a list of crossings of the River Thames, downstream first.

Contents

1 North Sea to London

8 Oxford to Cricklade

9 Tunnels

10 See also

North Sea to London

Channel Tunnel Rail Link rail tunnels from Swanscombe in Kent to West Thurrock in Essex. (Two 2.5 km tunnels, 7.15 m internal diameter.)
Dartford Crossing including two Dartford Tunnels (1963 and 1980) and the Queen Elizabeth II cable-stayed bridge (1991)
Dartford Cable Tunnel (2003; tunnel carrying electrical cable; accessible by authorised personnel only)

East London

Thames Gateway Bridge, expected to be built between 2009 and 2013 to connect Beckton with Thamesmead
Woolwich foot tunnel (1912)
Woolwich Ferry
Thames Barrier - connects both banks of the river via a service tunnel accessible by authorised personnel only.
Jubilee Line tunnel (between North Greenwich and Canning Town; 1999)
Blackwall Tunnels (Alexander Binnie, 1897; second bore 1967)
Jubilee Line tunnel (between Canary Wharf and North Greenwich; 1999)
Docklands Light Railway (1999)
Greenwich foot tunnel (Alexander Binnie, 1902)
Jubilee Line tunnel (between Canada Water and Canary Wharf; 1999)
Rotherhithe Tunnel (Maurice Fitzmaurice, 1908)
Thames Tunnel (Wapping to Rotherhithe Tunnel) (Marc Brunel, 1843; the world's first underwater tunnel, now part of the East London Line)
Tower Bridge (1894)
Tower Subway (Peter W. Barlow and James Henry Greathead, 1870; the world's first underground railway)

Central London

Northern Line (City branch) tunnel (1900)
London Bridge (1973)
Cannon Street Railway Bridge (1982)
Southwark Bridge (1921)
Millennium Bridge (2002)
Blackfriars Railway Bridge (1886)
Blackfriars Bridge (1869)
Waterloo & City Line tunnel (1898)
Waterloo Bridge (1945)
Northern Line (Charing Cross branch) tunnel (1926)
Hungerford Footbridges (2002)
Charing Cross (Hungerford) Bridge (1864)
Bakerloo Line tunnel (1906)
Jubilee Line tunnel (between Westminster and Waterloo; 1999)
Westminster Bridge (1862)
Lambeth Bridge (1932)
Vauxhall Bridge (1906)
Victoria Line tunnel (1971)
Victoria Railway Bridge (Grosvenor Bridge) (1859)

West London

Chelsea Bridge (1937)
Albert Bridge (1873)
Battersea Bridge (Sir Joseph Bazalgette, 1890) (Henry Holland, 1771)
Battersea Railway Bridge (1863)
Wandsworth Bridge (1938)
Fulham Railway Bridge (1889)
Putney Bridge (Sir Joseph Bazalgette, 1886) (Phillips & Ackworth, 1729)
Hammersmith Bridge (Sir Joseph Bazalgette, 1887)
Barnes Railway Bridge (1849)
Chiswick Bridge (1933)
Kew Railway Bridge (1869)
Kew Bridge (John Wolfe-Barry, 1903)
Richmond Footbridge (1894)
Twickenham Bridge (1933)
Richmond Railway Bridge (1848)
Richmond Bridge (1777)
Teddington Lock Footbridge
Kingston Railway Bridge (1863)
Kingston Bridge (1828)
Hampton Court Bridge (1933)
Walton Bridge (1954)

London to Windsor

Chertsey Bridge (1785)
M3 Motorway Bridge (1971)
Staines Railway Bridge (1856)
Staines Bridge (1832)
Runnymede Bridge (1961) (M25 motorway bridge added 1983)
Albert Bridge (1928)
Victoria Bridge (1967)
Black Pott's Railway Bridge (1892)
Windsor Bridge (1824)
Windsor Railway Bridge (1849)
Windsor By-pass Bridge (1966)

Windsor to Reading

Summerleaze Footbridge (1992)
M4 Bridge (1961)
Maidenhead Railway Bridge (Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1838)
Maidenhead Bridge (1777)
Boulter's Lock Bridge (1912)
Cookham Bridge (1867)
Bourne End Railway Bridge (1895; incorporates footbridge)
Marlow By-pass Bridge (1972)
Marlow Bridge (William Tierney Clark, 1832)
Temple Footbridge (1989)
Henley Bridge (1786)
Shiplake Railway Bridge (1897)
Sonning Bridge (c.1775)
Caversham Lock (incorporates footbridge)
Reading Bridge (1923)
Caversham Bridge (1926)

Reading to Oxford

Whitchurch Bridge (1902) - Toll Bridge from Whitchurch-on-Thames to Pangbourne
Gatehampton Railway Bridge
Goring and Streatley Bridge (1923)
Moulsford Railway Bridge
Wallingford By-pass Bridge
Wallingford Bridge (1809)
Shillingford Bridge (1827)
Day's Lock Footbridge (1870)
Clifton Hampden Bridge (George Gilbert Scott,1867)
Appleford Railway Bridge (1929)
A415 road bridge
Abingdon Bridge (1416)
Nuneham Railway Bridge (1929)
Kennington Railway Bridge (1923)
Isis Road Bridge A423 (1962)
Donnington Bridge (1962)
Folly Bridge (1827)
Oxford Footbridge
Osney Footbridge
Osney Rail Bridge
Osney Bridge (1885)

Oxford to Cricklade

Medley Footbridge
Godstow Bridge (1792)
A34 Road Bridge
Swinford Toll Bridge (1777)
Hart's Weir Footbridge
Newbridge (13th century)
Tenfoot Bridge
Tadpole Bridge
Radcot Bridge (1787)
Eaton Footbridge
Bloomer's Hole Footbridge
St. John's Bridge (1886)
Halfpenny Bridge (James Hollingworth, 1792) - the start of the navigable Thames
Hannington Bridge
Castle Eaton Bridge
Water Eaton House Bridge
Eysey Footbridge
Cricklade High Bridge

Tunnels

There are also many tunnels used by Tube trains as part of the London Underground network or (at Greenwich), the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), and a free ferry for vehicles, cycles and people on foot during daylight hours at Woolwich. Another tunnel is due to be built for the proposed DLR extension to Woolwich. A further tunnel is under construction as part of a high speed international railway line between Ebbsfleet in Kent and Stratford in Newham. It is due to be completed in 2007 and will be downstream of all older crossings. See Thames tunnels for a complete list.