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Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the same side
of The Thames?

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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Basil Jet wrote:

Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the same
side of The Thames?

Dagenham. Somewhere along there, anyway. Bound to be.

tom

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Basil Jet wrote:
Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the
same side of The Thames?

On TfL's new tube map (the one with the Thames restored)?
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"Paul Corfield" wrote in message

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:20 -0000, "Basil Jet"
wrote:


Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the
same side of The Thames?

wild guess

Eel Pie Island? Is the end of the bridge on the island counted as
being on the same bank as the end of bridge on the shore?

I wondered about that, but it seemed more likely to be a bridge over a
creek flowing into the Thames, which might, technically cross a sliver
of the Thames, with both ends being indubitably on the same side of the
Thames. This one at Lots Road may not be it, but there might be others
that do pass the test: www.londoncanals.co.uk/kenc/ken01.html

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Paul Corfield wrote

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:20 -0000, "Basil Jet"
wrote:

Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the
same
side of The Thames?

wild guess

Eel Pie Island? Is the end of the bridge on the island counted as
being
on the same bank as the end of bridge on the shore?

There are probably lots of them, depending on what definition of "same
side" and "Thames" you choose.

Thus the two road bridges over the Desborough channel (between Walton
and Weybridge), which is the main navigation channel of the Thames,
each have both ends in Elmbridge, Surrey.

The bridge to Eel Pie Island has both ends in Middlesex and crosses a
channel of the Thames (but not the main navigation channel).

Walton Bridge or at least the bit that crosses water, has both ends in
Spelthorne, formerly Middlesex (now administratively Surrey).

Blackfriars Bridge has both ends within the boundaries of the City of
London.


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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Basil Jet wrote:

Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the same
side of The Thames?

Dagenham. Somewhere along there, anyway. Bound to be.

Honestly, the lot of you can stop fussing over that piddling little stream
out west, the truth lies in the east - as i said, in mystical Dagenham:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5...09624&t=h&z=17

There are also some structures on the south bank around Erith that might
count as bridges, although some would doubtless claim they were merely
flying promenades.

tom

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had taken the coach. -- AC Grayling

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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Basil Jet wrote:

Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the same
side of The Thames?

Dagenham. Somewhere along there, anyway. Bound to be.

Honestly, the lot of you can stop fussing over that piddling little stream
out west, the truth lies in the east - as i said, in mystical Dagenham:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5...09624&t=h&z=17

There are also some structures on the south bank around Erith that might
count as bridges, although some would doubtless claim they were merely flying
promenades.

And, slightly less far east, at Limehouse Dock:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5...02406&t=k&z=19

I think that patch of water might technically be the Thames, since it's
seaward of the last lock gate. But if that counts, there are loads of
bridges that do.

tom

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I recently retraced on foot a famous journey that William Hazlitt made
from Shropshire to Somerset to visit Wordsworth and Coleridge. I spent
two weeks slogging through nettle beds before I realised the *******
had taken the coach. -- AC Grayling

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Paul Corfield wrote:
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:20 -0000, "Basil Jet"
wrote:


Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the
same side of The Thames?

wild guess

Eel Pie Island? Is the end of the bridge on the island counted as
being on the same bank as the end of bridge on the shore?

I think not. I made a special effort to word the question so that the Eel
Pie Island bridge wouldn't qualify... maybe I failed...

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Tom Anderson wrote:
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Basil Jet wrote:

Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the
same side of The Thames?

Dagenham. Somewhere along there, anyway. Bound to be.

Honestly, the lot of you can stop fussing over that piddling little
stream out west, the truth lies in the east - as i said, in mystical
Dagenham:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5...09624&t=h&z=17

Ooh, that's good, definite bonus points. However, strictly a bridge is "a
structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a
river or canal or railway etc" And that thing is not a bridge for getting
from Dagenham to Dagenham but two bridges linking Dagenham to the ship.

There are also some structures on the south bank around Erith that
might count as bridges, although some would doubtless claim they
were merely flying promenades.

And, slightly less far east, at Limehouse Dock:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5...02406&t=k&z=19

I think that patch of water might technically be the Thames, since
it's seaward of the last lock gate. But if that counts, there are
loads of bridges that do.

The bridge I have in mind was built in 2004. It is not over an inlet,
outlet, creek or dock, but is over the main flow of the Thames.

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On 21 Nov, 03:53, "Basil Jet"
wrote:
Paul Corfield wrote:
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:20 -0000, "Basil Jet"
wrote:

Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the
same side of The Thames?

wild guess

Eel Pie Island? *Is the end of the bridge on the island counted as
being on the same bank as the end of bridge on the shore?

I think not. I made a special effort to word the question so that the Eel
Pie Island bridge wouldn't qualify... maybe I failed...

Well, if it wasn't for the fact that this is a London group, I'd guess
it was in the villages out west where some new village bypass goes
from one side of a meander to the other, but I don't know where.

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strictly a bridge is "a
structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a
river or canal or railway etc"

The bridge I have in mind was built in 2004. It is not over an inlet,
outlet, creek or dock, but is over the main flow of the Thames.

So it allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle, and it is over
the main flow of the Thames.
It clearly doesn't allow them to cross the Thames, since both its ends
are on the same side, so it must allow people or vehicles to cross
something else.

My guess is there is some section of the Thames Path which is
cantilevered over the river to get round something.

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Is it the Canary Wharf to West India Quay pedestrian bridge ?



"Basil Jet" wrote in message
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Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the same
side of The Thames?

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nefletch wrote:
"Basil Jet" wrote in message
...

Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the
same side of The Thames?

Is it the Canary Wharf to West India Quay pedestrian bridge ?

No. It's not Lulu either.

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On Nov 20, 10:15*pm, Tom Anderson wrote:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5...F8&ll=51.51207...


Goodness me, I wouldn't want to rely on the "road map" that's overlaid
on the image (especially to the right end of that bridge).

PhilD

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On Sat, 21 Nov 2009, PhilD wrote:

On Nov 20, 10:15*pm, Tom Anderson wrote:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5...F8&ll=51.51207...

Goodness me, I wouldn't want to rely on the "road map" that's overlaid
on the image (especially to the right end of that bridge).

I've got a mate who swears by Google's road maps.

Mind you, he drives a bulldozer.

tom

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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:01:38 -0800 (PST), MIG wrote:

Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the
same side of The Thames?

Well, if it wasn't for the fact that this is a London group, I'd guess
it was in the villages out west where some new village bypass goes
from one side of a meander to the other, but I don't know where.

Or it's a trick question. Maybe there's a pub called The Thames under
a bridge somewhere (that doesn't span the River Thames)?

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asdf wrote:
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:01:38 -0800 (PST), MIG wrote:

Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the
same side of The Thames?

Well, if it wasn't for the fact that this is a London group, I'd
guess it was in the villages out west where some new village bypass
goes from one side of a meander to the other, but I don't know where.

Or it's a trick question. Maybe there's a pub called The Thames under
a bridge somewhere (that doesn't span the River Thames)?

The wrong answers are so much better than the right one.

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David wrote:
strictly a bridge is "a
structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such
as a river or canal or railway etc"

The bridge I have in mind was built in 2004. It is not over an inlet,
outlet, creek or dock, but is over the main flow of the Thames.

My guess is there is some section of the Thames Path which is
cantilevered over the river to get round something.

Spot on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea...sea_Footbridge
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&...01206&t=h&z=20

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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:20 -0000, Basil Jet
wrote:


Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the same
side
of The Thames?


Battersea Footbridge?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ba...Footbridge.JPG

Have to hold my hand up and say I used Google with Basil's later clues to
help.
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On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:07:48 -0000, Fig wrote:

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:20 -0000, Basil Jet
wrote:


Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the same
side
of The Thames?


Battersea Footbridge?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ba...Footbridge.JPG

Have to hold my hand up and say I used Google with Basil's later clues
to help.

Hurumph! Just noticed that Basil Jet posted the answer 13:43 today. Must
learn to update my feed before replying.
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On 23 Nov, 19:49, Fig wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:07:48 -0000, Fig wrote:
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:20 -0000, Basil Jet *
wrote:

Where is there a bridge over The Thames which has both ends on the same *
side
of The Thames?

Battersea Footbridge?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ba...Footbridge.JPG

Have to hold my hand up and say I used Google with Basil's later clues *
to help.

Hurumph! *Just noticed that Basil Jet posted the answer 13:43 today. Must *
learn to update my feed before replying.
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I have not walked along there for some time but I think that there is,
or was a similar bridge over the Thames for pedestrians walking the
towpath at Richmond, either under the rail or road bridge.