Repair works to Clifton Lock Cut Bridge: river restriction notice
Updated 26 October 2017
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When
Monday 18 September to Friday 10 November 2017.
Where
Clifton Reach (Clifton Lock Cut Bridge, 350 metres upstream of Clifton Lock).
Details
The timbers on Clifton Lock Cut Bridge have failed leaving the structure in an unsafe condition. Urgent repairs are required to make the bridge safe for both boats passing underneath and those who rely on the bridge as a river crossing.
In order to replace the timbers scaffolding is required around the bridge deck. This will reduce the available headway under the bridge from 4.06 metres to 3.12 metres.
The end date of this restriction has been extended to Friday 10 November from the original date of Monday 30 October due to unforeseen circumstances.
Local bridge heights:
| Bridge | Headway metres | Headway feet |
| Clifton Hampden Bridge | 4.09 | 13’5” |
| Clifton Lock Cut Bridge (reduced headway during the works) | 3.12 | 10’3” |
| Appleford Railway Bridge | 3.96 | 13’0” |
| Culham Road Bridge | 4.49 | 14’9” |
| Culham Lock Cut Bridge | 3.78 | 12’5” |
| Abingdon Bridge | 4.24 | 13’11” |
| Nuneham Railway Bridge | 4.80 | 15’9” |
| Kennington Railway Bridge | 4.11 | 13’6” |
| Isis Bridge | 5.03 | 16’6” |
| Donnington Bridge | 5.03 | 16’6” |
| Folly Bridge | 3.12 | 10’3” |
Headways are measured above standard head water level of the lock below and at the highest point of the span or arch, therefore the measures given in this table are for guidance only.
River users are reminded that boats going upstream must give way to boats coming downstream.
Byelaws
Nothing contained in these directions shall supersede those parts of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws 1993 as may be relevant.
And Notice is hereby given, that it is provided by Byelaw 52 of the Thames Navigation Licensing and General Byelaws, 1993 that:
The master of any vessel shall except in an emergency not pass any boat-race regatta public procession or gathering for the launch of a vessel or any other event or function which may cause a crowd to assemble on or by the river nor station his vessel thereon in such a manner as would risk obstructing impeding or interfering with such boat-race regatta procession launching event or function or endangering the safety of persons assembling on the river or preventing or interfering with the maintenance of order thereon.
The maximum penalty for breach of the Byelaws is £1,000.