# Osney Rail Bridge

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Bridge in Oxford

Osney Rail Bridge Coordinates 51°44′50″N 1°16′02″W / 51.747218°N 1.267242°W / 51.747218; -1.267242 Carries Cherwell Valley Line Crosses River Thames Locale Oxford Maintained by Network Rail Characteristics Material Iron Height 11 feet 8 inches (3.56 m)[1] History Opened 1887 Location Interactive map of Osney Rail Bridge

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**Osney Rail Bridge** is a railway bridge over the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames) at [Oxford](/source/Oxford) in England. It carries the [Cherwell Valley Line](/source/Cherwell_Valley_Line) between [Didcot](/source/Didcot) and [Oxford](/source/Oxford) across the river on the reach between [Iffley Lock](/source/Iffley_Lock) and [Osney Lock](/source/Osney_Lock).

The original bridge was built in 1850, when the [Great Western Railway](/source/Great_Western_Railway) built a new line from its original Oxford station at [Grandpont](/source/Grandpont%2C_Oxford) to [Rugby](/source/Rugby%2C_Warwickshire).[2] The north side of the bridge was on the island which was then called [Osney](/source/Osney). A second bridge was built in 1887 within a foot or so of the first bridge.[3]

The bridge is maintained by [Network Rail](/source/Network_Rail), who refer to the bridge as **River Isis Crossing**.[4]

## See also

- [Crossings of the River Thames](/source/Crossings_of_the_River_Thames)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** River Thames Alliance. [Bridge heights on the River Thames.](https://web.archive.org/web/20080124114502/http://www.visitthames.co.uk/text.asp?PageId=320)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C.J.; Hassall, T.G.; Selwyn, Nesta (1979). Crossley, Alan; Elrington, C.R. (eds.). [*A History of the County of Oxford*](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22808). Vol. 4: Communications. UK: [Victoria County History](/source/Victoria_County_History).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Where Thames Smooth Waters Glide: Osney Railway Bridge](http://thames.me.uk/s01740.htm), UK.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Oxford Area Flood Information Guidance Booklet](http://www.oxford.gov.uk/Direct/75393OxfordAreaFloodInformationGuidanceBooklet.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111214181948/http://www.oxford.gov.uk/Direct/75393OxfordAreaFloodInformationGuidanceBooklet.pdf) 14 December 2011 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), [Oxford City Council](/source/Oxford_City_Council), page 45.

Next crossing upstream River Thames Next crossing downstream Osney Bridge (road) Osney Rail Bridge Gasworks Bridge (pedestrian)

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