The M4 Thames Bridge Maidenhead is a motorway bridge between

Dorney Reach Dorney is a village and civil parish in the Unitary Authority of Buckinghamshire, England, bordering on the River Thames to the west and south, and bisected by the Jubilee River. In 2011 it had a population of 752. It is west of neighbouring ...

, Buckinghamshire and Bray near Maidenhead, Berkshire in England built in the 1960s. The bridge carries the M4 Motorway across the

River Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the R ...

, on the reach above Boveney Lock, and about 500 yards short of

Bray Lock Bray Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England near Bray and Dorney Reach, and is just above the M4 Bridge across the Thames. The lock is on the Buckinghamshire side of the river on the opposite bank from Bray itself and Maiden ...

. It is one of three bridges carrying motorway traffic 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 ...

(just below Bell Weir Lock) and the

M3 Chertsey Bridge 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 at its north–south ...

. There is also a pedestrian walkway on either side of the bridge, which allows people to access Bray Village from the Dorney side of the Thames.

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Bridges across the River Thames Bridges in Buckinghamshire Bridges in Berkshire Motorway bridges in England

Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the R ...

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