Richmond Bridge is a Grade I listed stone arch bridge over the Thames in Richmond, London. James Paine and Kenton Couse designed it, and it is built of Portland stone with five elliptical arches and four piers in the water. Parliament passed the Richmond Bridge Act in 1773, construction began on August 23, 1774, and it opened to pedestrians in September 1776 and to other traffic on January 12, 1777.
It replaced a ferry crossing that had operated since at least the Norman period. Private investors paid for it through two tontine schemes, with tolls used to pay them a four percent annual return. Tolls ended on March 25, 1859.
It was originally 300 feet (91 meters) long and was widened by 11 feet from 1937 to 1940. It is the oldest surviving Thames bridge in Greater London and carries the A305 road.
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