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Whitchurch Bridge to re-open in September
17/08/14
WHITCHURCH Bridge is set to re-open next month following an 11-month refurbishment. The crossing has been shut since October while being strengthened to cope with the weight of modern traffic. It was due to re-open in April but the £4.4 million ...
Toll set to rise on newly opened bridge
03/10/14
THE cost of crossing Whitchurch toll bridge is set to increase from 40p to 60p. The Whitchurch Bridge Company confirmed today that it will apply to the Government for permission to raise the toll. The company has just finished refurbishing the ...
Vintage car reopens Whitchurch bridge
25/09/14
A 1902 de Dion Bouton crossed Whitchurch toll bridge to mark its reopening after a year-long refurbishment.
Whitchurch man films bridge rebuild
19/09/14
Filmmaker Nick Brazil, from Whitchurch, is to make a documentary on the refurbishment of the village bridge.
Station bridge work set to start
22/04/14
WORK to replace the footbridge at Goring station will begin in October, writes James Burton. A taller structure is needed so that overhead cables can be installed for the electrification of the Great Western main line to Oxford. The work will ...
Toll bridge shut until July
03/02/14
WHITCHURCH toll bridge will be closed for at least three months longer than expected. It shut for refurbishment in October and was due to re-open on April 14. However, the private company which owns the 112-year-old iron bridge now says it ...
Restrictions on bridge toll increases set to be lifted
07/04/14
THE owners of Whitchurch Bridge could be allowed to raise tolls without the Government’s permission. The Department for Transport wants to make it easier for private operators of toll bridges, ferries and tunnels to increase their charges,...
Give us back our bridge
22/07/23
A FOOTBRIDGE over the Thames in Henley that was closed for safety reasons will remain shut for the foreseeable future, despite almost £50,000 being spent on it. Marsh Head Horsebridge, which forms part of the Thames Path, was shut by the ...
Toll bridge sold for first time since being built in 1792
27/02/19
WHITCHURCH toll bridge has been sold for the first time in its 227-year history. The General Estates Company, of Hythe, near Southampton, has bought the private company set up in 1792 to maintain the Grade II listed crossing for an ...
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