Rewley Road Swing Bridge
Rewley Road Swing Bridge | |
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The old Rewley Road Swing Bridge with the newer Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge behind over the Sheepwash Channel. | |
| Coordinates | 51°45′20″N 1°16′15″W / 51.755599°N 1.270721°W |
| Carries | Buckinghamshire Railway |
| Crosses | Sheepwash Channel |
| Locale | Oxford, England |
| Maintained by | Oxford Preservation Trust |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Swing bridge |
| Material | Steel girder |
| No. of spans | 1 |
| History | |
| Designer | Robert Stephenson |
| Opened | 1851 |
| Closed | 1984 |
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Rewley Road Swing Bridge is a disused railway swing bridge over Sheepwash Channel in west Oxford, England. To the north are Cripley Meadow and Fiddler's Island and to the south are Osney Island and the Botley Road.
The bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson and built in 1850–1. It was reconstructed in 1890 and 1906, latterly using steel girders. The bridge closed to passenger traffic in 1951 and to goods in 1984.