Cookham Bridge

Cookham Bridge
Cookham Bridge (downstream side)
Coordinates	51°33′44″N 0°42′22″W / 51.562355°N 0.705974°W / 51.562355; -0.705974
Crosses	River Thames
Locale	Cookham, Berkshire
Official name	Cookham Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Girder
Material	Iron
Height	15 feet 2 inches (4.62 m)[1]
Piers in water	6
History
Opened	1867
Statistics
Toll	Abolished 1947
Location

Cookham Bridge is a road bridge in Cookham, Berkshire, carrying the A4094 road across the River Thames in England. It is on the reach above Cookham Lock and links Cookham on the Berkshire bank with Bourne End in Buckinghamshire.

Discounting a Roman bridge nearby, the bridge opened as a wooden bridge in 1840 in place of a longstanding ferry but today's iron-based structure dates from 1867. For 107 years a toll was payable – ceasing in 1947 when Berkshire County Council bought the bridge from its private owners.

The bridge has a single lane for vehicles controlled by traffic lights at each end, and pedestrian pavements. The vehicle weight limit is 7.5 tonnes, save for buses and coaches.