Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge
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File:Oxford - LNWR Swing Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 95063.jpg
The Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge with the old Rewley Road Swing Bridge in the foreground, on the Sheepwash Channel.
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Carries | Cherwell Valley Line |
Crosses | Sheepwash Channel |
Locale | Oxford, England |
Maintained by | Network Rail |
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Design | Girder bridge |
Material | Steel |
Number of spans | 1 |
Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge is a railway bridge over Sheepwash Channel in west Oxford, England, just north of Oxford railway station.[1] To the north are Cripley Meadow and Fiddler's Island. To the south are 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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Looking up the canal - geograph.org.uk - 1405703.jpg
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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Rail swing bridge , Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 1610161.jpg
The Sheepwash Channel with the new railway bridge and the old railway swing bridge.
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Oxford railway station MMB 03.jpg
Looking north along the railway line from Oxford railway station over Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge towards Cripley Meadow.
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