Sutton Bridge, Oxfordshire

Sutton Bridge
Sutton Bridge
Coordinates	51°39′00″N 1°15′57″W / 51.649923°N 1.265848°WCoordinates: 51°39′00″N 1°15′57″W / 51.649923°N 1.265848°W
Carries	Minor road
Crosses	River Thames
Locale	Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire
Maintained by	Oxfordshire County Council
Heritage status	Grade II listed
Characteristics
Design	arch
Material	stone
Height	14 feet 9 inches (4.50 m)[1]
Number of spans	5 & 1
Piers in water	2
History
Opened	1807

Sutton Bridge, Oxfordshire is a road bridge across the River Thames near the village of Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England. It is a stone structure built in 1807 with three arches over the main river and two smaller ones across the flood plain. An extension was built in 1809 across the Culham Cut, just below Culham Lock. It was originally a toll bridge and replaced an earlier multi-arch bridge over the original weir and a ferry at this site.^[2] It is a Grade II listed building.^[3]

See also

• Crossings of the River Thames

References

1. River Thames Alliance. Bridge heights on the River Thames.
2. Thacker, Fred. S. (1968) [1920]. The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. pp. 167, 171.
3. "Name: SUTTON BRIDGE AND CAUSEWAYS List entry Number: 1182464". Historic England. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

Sutton Bridge extension over the lock cut