Proposals to raise Osney Bridge

Osney Bridge has the lowest headroom (less than 7 feet 6 inches, or 2.3 metres) of any bridge across the navigable Thames; this limits the size of boats that can travel past it without having to be removed from the water and launched upstream of the bridge. Some boats may be able to negotiate the bridge at lower water levels, only to be unable to pass through when water levels are higher.

Whereas some are happy with the restriction: "I would be sorry to see it changed. The river above here is

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