HC Deb 19 March 1975 vol 888 cc422-4W
40. Mr. Fernyhough

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give a list of those public roads, bridges and tunnels for the use of which tolls are charged; and what are the charges.

Mr. Carmichael:

The following table gives the information:

TOLL BRIDGES AND TUNNELS IN ENGLAND AS AT 1ST APRIL 1974
Description Location Heavy goods vehicles Coaches Motor cars (with caravan) Motorcycles(sidecar) Cycles Pedestrians
Toll Bridges on Trunk Routes
Dunham Bridge Lincolnshire 10–30p Not known 5p (8p) 2p (3p) Free Free
Selby Bridge North Yorkshire 4p per ton Not known 4p (7½p) 1p (2½p) Free Free
Severn Bridge Avon 12p 12p 12p 5p Free Free
Tamar Bridge Devon/Cornwall 25–45p 45p 10p 2½p 1p Free
On Principal Routes
Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge Cleveland 4p per ton 4p per ton 5p Free Free Free
Sandwich Bridge Kent 7½–10p 7½p 5–6p 2½p (3½p) Free Free
Shard Bridge Lancashire 5–10p 10p 2p (4p) 2p 1p 1p
On Classified Routes
Clifton Suspension Bridge Bristol 5p 5p 5p 2p Free Free
Rixton and Warburton Bridge Cheshire 12½p 12½p 5p 2½p (5p) Free Free
Whitchurch Bridge Oxfordshire 3–5p 3–5p 3p 1p Free Free
Whitney Bridge Hereford and Worcester 3½–8p 6p(14½p laden) 3p (5½p) 2p (2½p) 1p ½p
Aldwark Bridge North Yorkshire 4p per ton 4p per ton 4p (5p) 1p ½p ½p
Batheaston Bridge Avon 5p 12½p 2½p (7½p) 1p (1½p) ½p ½p
Cartford Bridge Lancashire 10p 10p 3p (5p) 2p (2½p) 1p 1p
Eling Bridge Hampshire 2½p 2½p 2½p 2½p Free Free
Swinford Bridge Berkshire 4–10½p 5p 2p 1p Free Free
On Unclassified and Private Routes
Caroline Bridge (Pedestrians only) West Yorkshire ½p
Eel Pie Island Bridge* (Pedestrians only) Richmond upon Thames
Finchale Priory Bridge (Pedestrians only) Durham ½p
Halton Bridge* Lancashire
Saltburn Bridge Cleveland ½p
Wooden Bridge* North Yorkshire
Tunnels
Dartford Essex/Kent 20–30p 12½p, 20p and 30p 12½p 5p 2½p Free
Mersey Merseyside 40–59p Not known 15p(30p) 5p 1p Free
Tyne Tyne and Wear 20p Not known 12p 5p Free Free
* Tolls not charged but liable to be charged.