 At the beginning of the 20th century, there were complaints about the traction engines causing structural problems with the old wooden bridge and disturbing the peace, much as there is with traffic today.The road (the B478) is the busiest B road in Oxfordshire, being the only way for road vehicles to cross the Thames between Henley-on-Thames and Reading.The bridges are occasionally inundated or closed to traffic when the Thames is in extreme flood; the waters regularly rise to the steps of the famous French Horn restaurant and submerge the car park of the nearby Flowing Spring pub.