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Hart's Weir Footbridge

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Carries
  
Footpath

Locale
  
Appleton, Oxfordshire

No. of spans
  
1

Location
  
Appleton, Oxfordshire

Number of spans
  
1

Crosses
  
River Thames

Material
  
Concrete

Opened
  
1879

Body of water
  
River Thames

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Height
  
10 feet 9 inches (3.28 m)

Similar
  
River Thames, Eaton Footbridge, Medley Footbridge, Tenfoot Bridge, Pinkhill Lock

Hart's Weir Footbridge is a single-span concrete footbridge across the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England. Locally, it is also known as Rainbow Bridge, due to its rainbow-arc appearance as seen from the horizon. It is situated on the reach above Northmoor Lock, the nearest village being Appleton, Oxfordshire to the east.

The bridge was built in 1879 on the site of a weir that was removed a year later. Then known as Hart’s Weir, it had previously been Ridge’s, Langley’s, Cock’s, Rudge’s, and Butler’s Weir. Sixteen years later Northmoor Lock was built downstream.

References

Hart's Weir Footbridge Wikipedia