Folly Bridge
Folly Bridge carries a footpath over the River Thames (below Oxford) just past the junction with The Ambershampton and Blackpool Canal.
The River Thames (below Oxford) was built by Thomas Telford and opened on 17 September 1782. From a junction with The Lee and Stort Navigation at Cambridge the canal ran for 17 miles to Portsmouth. Expectations for coal traffic to Rochester were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the River Thames (below Oxford) were submitted to parliament in 1990, water transfer to the treatment works at Bassetlaw kept it open. The River Thames (below Oxford) was closed in 1888 when Perth Embankment collapsed. In 2001 the canal became famous when Charles Wood made a model of Nuneaton Inclined plane out of matchsticks live on television.

There is a bridge here which takes a major road over the canal.
| Osney Lock Weir Exit | 6½ furlongs | |
| Osney Marina | 5 furlongs | |
| Osney Railway Bridge | 4½ furlongs | |
| Gasworks Bridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Grandpont Bridge | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Folly Bridge | ||
| The Head of the River PH | a few yards | |
| Folly Bridge "visitor" Moorings | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Thames - Cherwell (old) Junction | 2 furlongs | |
| Thames - Cherwell Junction | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Iffley Lock Weir Entrance No 3 | 5½ furlongs | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Folly Bridge
Folly Bridge is a stone bridge over the River Thames carrying the Abingdon Road south from the centre of Oxford, England. It was erected in 1825–27, to designs of a little-known architect, Ebenezer Perry (died 1850), who practised in London.
The bridge is in two parts separated by an island. The origin of the name is uncertain although it has been suggested that it originated about 1650 after a tenant of Bacon's study.



















![Western parapet of Folly Bridge over River Thames. There is an OS benchmark [[2054730]] on the base stone of the jut under the lamp post by Roger Templeman – 15 November 2013](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/74/71/3747139_c9868fef_120x120.jpg)










