Appleford Railway Bridge

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.

Appleford Railway Bridge
Appleford Railway Bridge
Coordinates	51.6439°N 1.2404°W
Carries	Cherwell Valley Line
Crosses	River Thames
Locale	Oxfordshire
Maintained by	Network Rail
Characteristics
Design	Bow and string
Material	Iron
Height	13 feet (4.0 m)[1]
History
Opened	1844
Location

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1843, it was reportedly under construction, and was completed during the following year.[2] By the 1850s, it has been replaced by a more substantial bridge principally composed of wrought iron so that heavier trains could be run along the line.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

• Crossings of the River Thames

References

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

External links

• Appleford Railway Bridge via structurae.net
• Appleford Railway Bridge, River Thames via geograph.org.uk
• Appleford Railway Bridge via thames.me.uk