Kingston Bridge, London

Kingston Bridge
Kingston Bridge from downstream at Kingston
Coordinates51°24′40″N 0°18′32″W / 51.41111°N 0.30889°W / 51.41111; -0.30889
CarriesA308 road, Thames Path
CrossesRiver Thames
LocaleKingston upon Thames
Maintained byKingston upon Thames London Borough Council
Characteristics
DesignArch
MaterialStone
Total length382 feet 0 inches (116.43 m)
Width79 feet 0 inches (24.08 m)
Height23 feet 11 inches (7.29 m)[1]
Longest span60 feet 0 inches (18.29 m)
No. of spans5
Piers in water4
History
DesignerEdward Lapidge
Opened17 July 1828
Statistics
Daily traffic50,000 vehicles
TollAbolished 1870
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameKingston Bridge
Designated30 July 1951
Reference no.1300232
Location
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Kingston Bridge is a road bridge at Kingston upon Thames in south west London, England, carrying the A308 across the River Thames. It joins the town centre of Kingston in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames to Hampton Court Park, Bushy Park, and the village of Hampton Wick in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. In 2005 it was carrying approximately 50,000 vehicles per day with up to 2,000 vehicles per hour in each direction during peak times.

Kingston Bridge is on the reach above Teddington Lock and close to and downstream of the mouth of the Hogsmill River, a minor tributary of the Thames. The Thames Path crosses the river here and the bridge is the end point for the Thames Down Link long-distance footpath from Box Hill & Westhumble station.[2]

  1. ^ River Thames Alliance. Bridge heights on the River Thames.
  2. ^ "Thames Down Link" (PDF). Surrey County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.