Thames Reading Bridge repair works complete

In May, the bridge was closed for two-weeks while repair work was carried out

Work to strengthen Reading Bridge has been completed following a year-long project.

Repairs on the bridge, which is the town's main River Thames crossing, began last autumn and had been due to end by early July.

The borough council said work was delayed because concrete repairs "were significantly more than estimated".

A two-week closure in May left Caversham Bridge as the only Thames crossing point in the town.

Reading Borough Council's Tony Page said: "The essential work means it can now continue to carry the amount of traffic it does for many years into the future."

But he said the completion of the works "in no way reduces the compelling case" for a Third Thames bridge east of Reading".

In January, Wokingham and Reading Borough Councils, along with Oxfordshire County Council and South Oxfordshire District Council pledged money for a feasibility study into a third bridge.

The 92-year-old structure was shut for strengthening, resurfacing and waterproofing