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Crossings carrying primary roads; Crossings carrying former British Rail railway lines. The East London line and District line. Locks and bridges that have prominence in regulating the river; Other structures to identify prominent towns that have not been identified. Non-tidal rivers that have an average discharge of more than 1 m 3 /s; Canals
In the upper reaches of the Thames, the river depth was raised by dams and in the lower reaches it was raised by embankments, so gradually most fords were lost. [1] At least one regular ford remains, at Duxford. Many of the present road bridges over the river are on the sites of earlier fords, ferries and wooden structures.
The River Thames (/ t ɛ m z / ⓘ TEMZ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215 miles (346 km), it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn.
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A source-to-mouth channel of the Thames can be traced that has 138 open bridges when the festival mentioned above is not on and does not have its extra bridge over the single channel, in which case 139; however if every bridge to a Thames island, such island with a link to both banks is counted, there are 85 more (mainly due to the channels dug or formalised in Ashton Keynes and Oxford ...
The Thames Path is one of the Mayor of London's strategic walking routes. [34] The Thames Path Cycle Route is a black-signposted route that follows the river between Putney Bridge in the west and Greenwich in the east. It mostly follows the Thames Path, but diverges in various sections, especially where the path follows a footpath-only route.
The table below lists many of the tunnels under the River Thames in and near London, which, thanks largely to its underlying bed of clay, is one of the most tunnelled cities in the world. The tunnels are used for road vehicles, pedestrians, Underground and railway lines and utilities.