High Bridge | |
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 View of High Bridge looking upstream | |
| Coordinates | 51°27′14.85″N 0°58′6.9″W / 51.4541250°N 0.968583°W |
| Carries | London Street |
| Crosses | River Kennet |
| Locale | Reading |
| Heritage status | Grade II listed |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Arch |
| Material | Portland stone |
| History | |
| Architect | John Soane |
| Opened | November 1788 |
| Location | |
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High Bridge, sometimes known as Duke Street Bridge, is a bridge across the River Kennet in the town centre of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It links Duke Street, to its north, and London Street, to its south. High Bridge is the oldest surviving bridge across the Kennet, and is a grade II listed building. It comprises a single arch of vermiculated Portland stone, with a plain keystone of ashlar.[1][2]
The bridge forms the downstream limit of the Brewery Gut, a particularly narrow stretch of the river, and, situated as it is on a blind bend on the river, itself provides a challenge for navigation. For this reason, navigation under the bridge and through the Brewery Gut is controlled by a set of traffic lights on a one-way basis.[2][3]
- ^ "High Bridge, Reading". British Listed Buildings. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ a b "11 High Bridge". Reading History Trail. Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Clew, Kenneth R (1978). Wessex Waterway – A Guide to the Kennet & Avon Canal. pp. 15–16.