Shifford Lock Cut Footbridge
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| Shifford Lock Cut Footbridge | |
| Oxfordshire | |
|---|---|
 Shifford Lock Cut Footbridge | |
| Location | |
| Type: | footbridge |
| Carrying: | Footpath |
| Crossing: | Shifford Lock Cut |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP36680083 |
| Location: | 51°42’18"N, 1°28’14"W |
| Structure | |
| Type: | footbridge |
| History | |
| Information | |
Shifford Lock Cut Footbridge is a wooden footbridge which crosses the Shifford Lock Cut, a half-mile channel in south-western Oxfordshire made in 1898 to enable boats to pass the shallow meander in the River Thames here. The bridge give twelve feet of clearance.[1]
The bridge carries a footpath which joins two hamlets on either side of the river: Chimney in Oxfordshire (just west of the bridge) and Duxford in Berkshire to the south. The path to Duxford requires crossing a ford across the Thames.
The original bridge was built at the same time as the cut was made, in 1898.
Outside links
- Where the Smooth Waters Glide: Shifford Cut Footbridge
- The Thames Path: Northmoor to Tadpole Bridge
References
| Bridges and crossings on the River Thames | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushey Lock | Tadpole Bridge | Tenfoot Bridge | Duxford / Shifford footbridge | Newbridge | Hart's Weir Footbridge | Pinkhill Lock |
