Water is reflected on the underside of the navigation arch of Abingdon (Burford) Bridge on sunny days.

In 1790, when Abingdon Lock was opened, one of the original arches was widened to ease navigation. After that, to allow larger boats, the river was dredged further down than previous bridge builders could have foreseen. Dredging and the greater weight of road traffic meant the original bridge became unstable, and around 1927 the bridge was again rebuilt to create the current 60-foot span of reinforced concrete.

The history of the rebuild in 1927 can be read about at https://www.oxoniensia.org/volumes/1937/leeming.pdf.