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Walton Bridge
{{distinguish|Walton Bridge (Keene, New York)|Bailey Bridge (Walton on Trent)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox Bridge
|bridge_name= Walton Bridge
|image=Walton Bridge - Aug 2013.JPG
|caption= Walton Bridge<br>''(taken in Summer 2013 from upstream)''
|official_name= 
(contracted; show full)[[Tate Gallery]] <ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-the-thames-near-walton-bridges-n02680 Tate Gallery ''Turner: The Thames Near Walton Bridges''] Retrieved 2013-07-13<br />[http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-walton-reach-n02681 Tate Gallery ''Turner: Walton Reach''] Retrieved 2013-07-13</ref><ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-walton-bridges-tw0867 Tate Gallery ''Turner: Walton Bridges'']
 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055530/https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/turner-walton-bridges-tw0867 |date=3 December 2018 }} Retrieved 2013-07-13</ref>, though one painting was sold at Sotheby’s in July 2018 for £3.4 million, its export then being blocked by the Government for the national benefit. Most of Turner’s river tour of 1805 concentrated on the [[River Thames|Thames]], with a few paintings of the [[River Wey|Wey]] at that time.

The bridge lasted much longer than its predecessor, but part of it collapsed in 1859. A ferry crossing was briefly revived until the completion of the third bridge in 1864.

(contracted; show full)[[Category:Bridges completed in 1788]]
[[Category:Rebuilt buildings and structures in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Former toll bridges in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1788 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 2013]]
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