Maidenhead Bridge
Maidenhead Bridge carries the road from Macclesfield to Tivercorn over the River Thames (below Oxford) just past the junction with The Melton Mowbray Navigation.
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.
| Boulter's Lock Bridge | 5 furlongs | |
| Boulter's Lock Weir Exit | 4½ furlongs | |
| Grass Eyot | 3 furlongs | |
| Moorings below Boulter's Lock | 2 furlongs | |
| Bridge Eyot | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Maidenhead Bridge | ||
| Guards Club Island | ½ furlongs | |
| Maidenhead Railway Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Maidenhead Reach | 4 furlongs | |
| The Waterside Inn (Bray) | 6¾ furlongs | |
| Bray Mill Weir Entrance | 6¾ furlongs | |
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Maidenhead Bridge is a Grade I listed bridge carrying the A4 road over the River Thames between Maidenhead, Berkshire and Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. It crosses the Thames on the reach above Bray Lock, about half a mile below Boulter's Lock. The Thames Path crosses the river here.






























