Nuneham Railway Bridge

Nuneham Railway Bridge

Nuneham Railway Bridge from downstream
Coordinates 51°40′10″N 1°14′27″W / 51.669456°N 1.240878°W / 51.669456; -1.240878Coordinates: 51°40′10″N 1°14′27″W / 51.669456°N 1.240878°W / 51.669456; -1.240878
Carries Cherwell Valley Line
Crosses River Thames
Locale Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Maintained by Network Rail
Characteristics
Height 15 feet 9 inches (4.80 m)[1]
History
Opened 1929

Nuneham Railway Bridge is a railway bridge in England near the town of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. It carries the Cherwell Valley Line between Didcot and Oxford across the River Thames between Abingdon Lock and Sandford Lock. The current bridge was built in 1929 and has also been called the Black Bridge. It replaced an earlier wooden bridge built in 1844.

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References

Next crossing upstream River Thames Next crossing downstream
Sandford Lock (pedestrian) Nuneham Railway Bridge Abingdon Lock (pedestrian)
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