Halfpenny Bridge

Halfpenny Bridge

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carries= A361 road
crosses=River Thames
locale= Lechlade
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designer = James Hollingsworth
design= Arch
material = Stone
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height= 15ft 6in (4.72m)
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open= 1792
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long= Halfpenny Bridge is a bridge across the River Thames, at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England. It marks the start of the navigable Thames.

The bow-backed bridge was built to a design of James Hollingworth in 1792. It carries the A361 from the south into Lechlade. It was called the Halfpenny bridge, because that was the toll charged for pedestrians to cross it, until the toll was done away with in 1839.

ee also

*Crossings of the River Thames

River item line|upstream=Hannington Bridge (road)
downstream=St John's Bridge (road)


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