Appleford Railway Bridge

Bridge in Oxfordshire
51°38′38″N 1°14′25″W / 51.6439°N 1.2404°W / 51.6439; -1.2404CarriesCherwell Valley LineCrossesRiver ThamesLocaleOxfordshireMaintained byNetwork RailCharacteristicsDesignBow and stringMaterialIronHeight13 feet (4.0 m)[1]HistoryOpened1844LocationMap

Appleford Railway Bridge carries the Cherwell Valley Line from Didcot to Oxford across the River Thames near the village of Appleford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. It crosses the Thames on the reach between Clifton Lock and Culham Lock.

Originally, a timber bridge was built at the approximate location of the present bridge; by December 1843, it was reportedly under construction, and was completed during the following year.[2] By the 1850s, it has been replaced by a more substantial bridge principally composed of wrought iron so that heavier trains could be run along the line. A third bridge was completed in 1927, which was built out of steel; it is this structure that is presently used as of the 2010s.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bridge heights on the River Thames". River Thames Alliance. January 2008. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008.
  2. ^ Thacker, Fred. S. (1968) [1920]. The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. p. not cited.

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