Staines Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Staines Bridge from upstream | |
| Coordinates | 51°26′00″N 0°31′01″W / 51.43327°N 0.51690°W |
| Carries | A308 road, Thames Path |
| Crosses | River Thames |
| Locale | Staines-upon-Thames |
| Maintained by | Surrey County Council |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Arch |
| Material | Granite |
| No. of spans | 3 (over water), 9 (total) |
| Piers in water | 2 |
| Clearance below | 5.94 m (19.5 ft)[1] |
| History | |
| Designer | George Rennie |
| Opened | 1832 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Staines Bridge |
| Designated | 11 August 1952 |
| Reference no. | 1187018 |
| Location | |
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Staines Bridge is a road bridge running in a south-west to north-east direction across the River Thames in Surrey. It is on the modern A308 road and links the boroughs of Spelthorne and Runnymede at Staines-upon-Thames and Egham Hythe. The bridge is Grade II listed.[2]
The bridge crosses the Thames on the reach between Penton Hook Lock and Bell Weir Lock, and is close to and upstream of the main mouth of the River Colne, a tributary. The bridge carries the Thames Path across the river.
Its forebear built in Roman Britain, the bridge has been bypassed by three arterial routes, firstly in 1961 by the Runnymede Bridge near Wraysbury and in the 1970s by the building of the UK motorway network (specifically near Maidenhead and Chertsey). Owing to the commercial centres of the town in Spelthorne and of Egham, the bridge has had peak hour queues since at least the 1930s.
- ^ "River Thames: distances and measurements for boaters". Environment Agency. 21 February 2023 [12 February 2020]. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ Historic England (11 August 1952). "Staines Bridge (Grade II) (1187018)". National Heritage List for England.