Appleford Railway Bridge

Coordinates51°38′38″N 1°14′25″W / 51.6439°N 1.2404°W / 51.6439; -1.2404

CarriesCherwell Valley Line

CrossesRiver Thames

LocaleOxfordshire

Appleford Railway Bridge
Appleford Railway Bridge
Coordinates	51°38′38″N 1°14′25″W / 51.6439°N 1.2404°W / 51.6439; -1.2404
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

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1843, it was reportedly under construction, and was completed during the following year.^[2] By the 1850s, it has been replaced by a more substantial bridge principally composed of wrought iron so that heavier trains could be run along the line.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