Tenfoot Bridge

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Tenfoot Bridge is a wooden footbridge across the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is situated on the reach above Shifford Lock and was built in 1869.

The name derives from a pre-existing weir which had a ten foot wide flash lock in it. In 1867 there were complaints about the state of the weir bridge and after a dispute, the Thames Conservancy removed the weir and built the bridge two years later. [Fred. S. Thacker "The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs" 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles]

The bridge carries the Thames Path south of the old course of the Thames via Duxford. Instead of crossing the bridge here it is also possible to follow the path along the new cut to Shifford Cut Bridge, and cross there and at the lock.

ee also

*Crossings of the River Thames

References

River item line|upstream = northern bank
Tadpole Bridge
downstream = southern bank
Newbridge