Port of London Authority

Thames Bridges Heights

Minimum Headway of NAVIGABLE ARCH in METRES above:

Bridge Name

(Quoted Arch )

Chart Datum

MHWS

MHWN

MLWN

MLWS

Snapper (1)

5.4

2.7

4.0

5.4*

5.4*

Richmond (3)

7.9

5.3

6.5

7.9*

7.9*

Richmond Railway (2)

8.0

5.4

6.6

8.0*

8.0*

Twickenham (2)

8.5

5.9

7.1

8.5*

8.5*

Richmond Foot (2)

10.4

5.5

6.7

10.4

10.4

Kew (2)

10.5

5.2

6.4

10.4

10.5

Kew Railway (4)

10.9

5.5

6.7

10.8

10.9

Chiswick (2)

12.0

6.6

7.8

11.9

12.0

Barnes Railway (2)

10.9

5.4

6.6

10.7

10.9

Hammersmith (South) (2)

9.3

3.6

4.7

9.0

9.3

Putney (3)

11.2

5.3

6.4

10.8

11.1

Fulham Railway (3)

12.8

6.8

8.0

12.3

12.7

Wandsworth (2)

11.9

5.8

7.0

11.4

11.8

Battersea Railway (3)

12.1

6.0

7.1

11.5

11.9

Battersea (3)

11.8

5.6

6.7

11.2

11.7

Albert (2)

11.6

5.4

6.5

11.0

11.5

Chelsea (2)

13.0

6.6

7.8

12.3

12.8

Victoria Railway (2)

12.4

6.1

7.2

11.7

12.2

Vauxhall (3)

12.2

5.7

6.9

11.4

12.0

Lambeth (3)

13.1

6.4

7.6

12.2

12.8

Westminster (4)

12.2

5.4

6.5

11.1

11.8

Charing Cross Railway (3)

13.7

7.0

8.1

12.7

13.3

Waterloo (3)

15.4

8.6

9.8

14.3

15.0

Blackfriars (3)

13.9

7.0

8.1

12.7

13.5

Blackfriars Railway (3)

14.2

7.3

8.5

13.0

13.8

Millennium Foot (2)

15.8

8.9

10.1

14.7

15.5

Southwark (3)

14.1

7.2

8.3

12.9

13.7

Cannon Street Railway (3)

14.2

7.2

8.4

13.0

13.8

London Bridge (2)

15.8

8.7

9.9

14.5

15.4

Tower (Closed) (2)

15.6

8.5

9.7

14.3

15.2

Tower (Open) (2)

49.6

42.5

43.7

48.3

49.2

QE2 (5)

60.7

54.1

55.2

59.3

60.2

* Refers to headway above maintained water level.

The arch number to which the measurement refers is given in the parenthesis next to the bridge name. Arches are numbered from the north shore to south shore.

Further information on all the bridges and individual span heights can be found in the PLA "Mariners' Guide to Bridges on the Tidal Thames".

Bow Creek Bridge Clearances

Minimum Headway of NAVIGABLE ARCH in METRES above:

Bridge

Chart Datum

MHWS

MHWN

MLWN

MLWS

Lower Lea Crossing

16.5

9.4

10.6

15.1

16.0

Docklands Light Railway

16.2

9.1

10.3

14.8

15.7

Canning Town Old Railway

12.1

5

6.2

10.7

11.6

Dock Road Foot

13.3

6.2

7.4

11.9

12.8

Canning Town Road

12.3

5.2

6.4

10.9

11.8

Barge Dock Foot

16.8

9.7

10.9

15.4

16.3

Ailsa Wharf

12.5

5.4

6.6

11.1

12.0

Twelve Trees Road

12.1

5

6.2

10.7

11.6

Bow Locks Foot

12.2

5.1

6.3

10.8

11.7

District Line Rail

10.3

3.2

4.4

8.9

9.8

Hammersmith & City Rail

10.3

3.2

4.4

8.9

9.8

Channelsea Island Foot

10.4

3.3

4.5

9.0

9.9

 



www.pla.co.uk/navigation      18/03/2010