The M3 Chertsey Bridge is a motorway bridge in England built in the 1970s.
Purpose
The bridge carries traffic along the
M3 motorway
M3 motorway may refer to:
* M3 motorway or Riverside Expressway, part of the Pacific Motorway in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
* M3 motorway (Great Britain), a motorway in England
* M3 motorway (Hungary), a motorway in Hungary
* M3 motorway in ...
between its first and second junctions across the
River Thames
The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the The Isis, River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the Longest rivers of the United Kingdom, s ...
at its north–south reach above
Chertsey Lock, Surrey.
The bridge is upstream of the lock and upstream of
Chertsey Bridge
Chertsey Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in Surrey, England. It carries the B375 road, connecting Chertsey in the borough of Runnymede to Laleham in the borough of Spelthorne. It is downstream from the M3 motorway (Great Britai ...
, which carries the B375 across the river.
It is one of three bridges carrying motorways across the Thames, the others being the
M25 Runnymede Bridge
Runnymede Bridge is a motorway, A-road, pedestrian, and cycle bridge, built in the 1960s and 1980s and expanded in the 2000s, carrying the M25 motorway, M25 and A30 road (Great Britain), A30 across the River Thames near the uppermost end of the ...
and the
M4 Thames Bridge, Maidenhead
The M4 Thames Bridge Maidenhead is a motorway bridge between Dorney Reach, Buckinghamshire and Bray near Maidenhead, Berkshire in England built in the 1960s.
The bridge carries the M4 Motorway across the River Thames, on the reach above Bove ...
.
See also
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Crossings of the River Thames
The River Thames is the second-longest river in the United Kingdom, passes through the capital city, and has many crossings.
Counting every channel – such as by its islands linked to only one bank – it is crossed by over 300 brid ...
References
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Bridges across the River Thames
Bridges in Surrey