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.
Coordinates	51°43′17″N 1°14′32″W / 51.721345°N 1.242253°W / 51.721345; -1.242253
Carries	Former Wycombe Railway
Crosses	River Thames
Locale	Kennington, Oxfordshire
Maintained by	Network Rail
Characteristics
Design	bowstring bridge
Material	Steel
Height	13 feet 6 inches (4.11 m)[1]
Longest span	83 feet (25 m)
No. of spans	3
Rail characteristics
No. of tracks	1
Track gauge	standard gauge
History
Designer	AC Cookson, ACGI, MICE
Constructed by	George Palmer
Fabrication by	Horseley Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd
Opened	1923
Replaces	5-span bridge built in 1863
Location

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]