Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge
Appearance
Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge | |
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Cherwell Valley Line | |
Crosses | Sheepwash Channel |
Locale | Oxford, England |
Maintained by | Network Rail |
Characteristics | |
Design | Girder bridge |
Material | Steel |
No. of spans | 1 |
Location | |
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Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge is a
Osney Island and the Botley Road
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The bridge is close to Rewley Road Swing Bridge just to the east,[2] an older and now disused swing bridge for the former Buckinghamshire Railway line of London and North Western Railway that used to serve the Oxford Rewley Road railway station.[3] It is also close to Rewley Road Bridge to the east.[1] Sheepwash channel links the River Thames with the Oxford Canal via Castle Mill Stream and Isis Lock.
Gallery
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View of the Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge in the background and the site of the old Rewley Road Swing Bridge in the foreground
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The Sheepwash Channel with the new railway bridge and the old railway swing bridge
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Looking north along the railway line from Oxford railway station over Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge towards Cripley Meadow
References
- ^ a b "Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge". UK: CanalPlanAC. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-9522671-7-1.
- ^ "Sheepwash Channel — Oxford Canal / River Thames". UK: Movable Bridges in the British Isles. Retrieved 15 September 2012.