Crossings of the River Thames

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This is a list of crossings of the River Thames, downstream first, including bridges, tunnels and ferries. In all, there are 214 bridges, 17 tunnels, five public ferries and one ford.^[1] However, it does not include the 45 locks where the river may be crossed.

1 North Sea to London
2 East London
3 Central London
4 West London
5 London to Windsor
6 Windsor to Reading
7 Reading to Oxford
8 Oxford to Cricklade
9 See also

[edit] North Sea to London

proposed Lower Thames Crossing, not yet formally announced; possibly to connect the Isle of Grain in Kent with Canvey Island in Essex
Gravesend - Tilbury Ferry, a passenger ferry.
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 cable-stayed Queen Elizabeth II Bridge (1991)
Dartford Cable Tunnel (2003; tunnel carrying electrical cable; accessible by authorised personnel only)

[edit] East London

proposed Thames Gateway Bridge, expected to be built between 2009 and 2013 to connect Beckton with Thamesmead
under construction Docklands Light Railway tunnel (between King George V and Woolwich Arsenal stations, expected 2009)
Woolwich foot tunnel (1912)
Woolwich Ferry
proposed Crossrail tunnel
Thames Barrier - connects the banks of the river via a service tunnel accessible by authorised personnel only.
proposed Silvertown Link bridge or tunnel to relieve the Blackwall Tunnels
Jubilee Line tunnels (between North Greenwich and Canning Town; 1999)
Blackwall Tunnels (Alexander Binnie, 1897; second bore 1967)
Jubilee Line tunnels (between Canary Wharf and North Greenwich; 1999)
Docklands Light Railway tunnel (between Island Gardens and Cutty Sark; 1999)
Greenwich foot tunnel (Alexander Binnie, 1902)
Jubilee Line tunnels (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)

[edit] Central London

Tower Bridge (1894)
Tower Subway (Peter W. Barlow and James Henry Greathead; 1870. The world's first underground tube railway, cable hauled - now used for water mains and telephone cables and not accessible)
Northern Line (City branch) tunnels (between London Bridge and Bank; 1900)
London Bridge (1973)
City & South London Railway tunnels (This railway's original crossing of the river between Borough and King William Street; 1890. Abandoned in 1900 when the Northern Line City branch tunnels were opened on a new alignment)
Cannon Street Railway Bridge (1982)
Southwark Bridge (1921)
Millennium Bridge (2002)
Blackfriars Railway Bridge (1886)
Blackfriars Bridge (1869)
Waterloo & City Line tunnels (between Waterloo and Bank; 1898)
Waterloo Bridge (1945) (the "women's bridge")
Northern Line (Charing Cross branch) tunnels (between Waterloo and Embankment; 1926)
Hungerford Footbridges (2002)
Charing Cross (Hungerford) Bridge (1864)
Bakerloo Line tunnels (between Waterloo and Embankment; 1906)
Jubilee Line tunnels (between Waterloo and Westminster; 1999)
Westminster Bridge (1862)
Lambeth Bridge (1932)
Vauxhall Bridge (1906)
Victoria Line tunnels (between Vauxhall and Pimlico; 1971)
Grosvenor Bridge (Victoria Railway Bridge) (1859)

[edit] 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 Lock and 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)
Hampton Ferry (F) (1519)

[edit] London to Windsor

Walton Bridge (The 1953 temporary road bridge has been for pedestrians only since 1999, vehicles use a new (1999) temporary bridge, designed to last 10 years)
Shepperton to Weybridge Ferry (F)
Chertsey Bridge (1785)
M3 Motorway Bridge (1971)
Staines Railway Bridge (1856)
Staines Bridge (1832)
Runnymede Bridge (1961) (Originally designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens for the Staines bypass; M25 motorway bridge added 1983; M25 widened 2004)
Albert Bridge (1928)
Victoria Bridge (1967)
Black Pott's Railway Bridge (1892)
Windsor Bridge (1824)
Windsor Railway Bridge (1849) Brunel's GWR Bridge
Queen Elizabeth Bridge (1966)