An Act to empower the Corporation of Reading to alter and improve or rebuild Caversham Bridge in the Counties of Berks and Oxford; and for other Purposes.
WHEREAS the present Bridge across the River Thames from Reading in the County of Berks to Caversham in the County of Oxford, called Caversham Bridge, is an ancient public Bridge, and connects and is one of the principal Lines of Communication between the Counties of Berks and Oxford: And whereas the said Bridge, and particularly that Part of it which is in the County of Oxford, is of narrow Dimensions, and is in other respects inconveniently constructed and greatly in want of Repair, and does...