Kennington Railway Bridge

Kennington Railway Bridge
Kennington Railway Bridge from downstream. Beyond the bridge can be seen the crossing at the confluence of Hinksey Stream.
Coordinates51°43′17″N 1°14′32″W / 51.721345°N 1.242253°W / 51.721345; -1.242253
CarriesFormer Wycombe Railway
CrossesRiver Thames
LocaleKennington, Oxfordshire
Maintained byNetwork Rail
Characteristics
Designbowstring bridge
MaterialSteel
Height13 feet 6 inches (4.11 m)[1]
Longest span83 feet (25 m)
No. of spans3
Rail characteristics
No. of tracks1
Track gaugestandard gauge
History
DesignerAC Cookson, ACGI, MICE
Constructed byGeorge Palmer
Fabrication byHorseley Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd
Opened1923
Replaces5-span bridge built in 1863
Location
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Kennington Railway Bridge is a railway bridge over the River Thames near Kennington, Oxfordshire between Sandford Lock and Iffley Lock. It carries the freight railway branch line that serves the BMW Mini factory at Cowley. The freight railway is part of the former Wycombe Railway that linked Maidenhead and Oxford via High Wycombe and Princes Risborough.

The current bridge was built for the Great Western Railway in 1923. It is a steel bowstring bridge of three equal spans, each 83 feet (25 m) long. The railway on the bridge is on a curve with a radius of 12 chains (240 m). The bridge crosses the river askew.[2]

  1. ^ "Bridge heights on the River Thames". River Thames Alliance. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008.
  2. ^ Cookson 1923, p. 444.