The M3 Chertsey Bridge is a motorway bridge in England built in the 1970s.

Purpose

The bridge carries a minimum of medium-distance traffic along the M3 motorway 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, se ...

at its north–south reach above

Chertsey Lock Chertsey Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England, against the left bank, an area of Green Belt including Laleham Park, the largest public park in Spelthorne. It faces the town of Chertsey and is the fifth-lowest of the forty-four loc ...

, Surrey. The bridge is 300 metres upstream of the lock and 450 metres upstream of taller

Chertsey Bridge Chertsey Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in England, connecting Chertsey to low-lying riverside meadows in Laleham, Surrey. It is downstream from the M3 motorway bridge over the Thames and is close to Chertsey Lock on the reach ...

, the short-distance traffic bridge of Chertsey across the river, which is a stone-built listed structure — restored and strengthened in the early 21st century, humped and subject to an 18-ton LGV use restriction. It was erected in 1785, replacing an earlier bridge on the site. 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 and A30 across the River Thames near the uppermost end of the Staines upon Thames and Egham reach of ...

and the M4 Thames Bridge, Maidenhead.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:M003 Chertsey Bridge Bridges across the River Thames Bridges in Surrey

Purpose

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