The bridge was constructed by the Oxford & District Gas Company in 1886[2] for a short railway branch line to carry coal to the gas works from the main Cherwell Valley Line at a junction just south of Osney Rail Bridge. The bridge was built by assembling sections on the south bank of the river and floating them into position. The gas works was demolished in 1960; no evidence of the railway line is visible on the footbridge.
Since the demolition of the gas works, other names have been used for the bridge. For a few years after the closure of the railway it appears to have been crossed by a private road,[3] and the Environment Agency refers to the bridge simply as "Road Bridge",[4] although no road now crosses it. The bridge is now usually referred to by its old name.[5] It has occasionally been referred to as Osney Footbridge,[6] although the bridge is some distance from Osney, and that name is also used for a different bridge.[7]
^For example, by the leader of Oxford City Council ("My hidden Oxford") 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, by Sustrans 18 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine and by Cyclox 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
gasworks, bridge, also, known, iron, bridge, across, river, thames, oxford, england, pedestrian, bridge, linking, ebbes, grandpont, nature, reserve, crosses, river, reach, between, iffley, lock, osney, lock, coordinates51, 746252, 263636, 746252, 263636carries. The Gasworks Bridge also known as the Old Gasworks Bridge is an iron bridge across the River Thames at Oxford in England It is a pedestrian bridge linking St Ebbes to the Grandpont nature reserve It crosses the river on the reach between Iffley Lock and Osney Lock Gasworks BridgeCoordinates51 44 47 N 1 15 49 W 51 746252 N 1 263636 W 51 746252 1 263636CarriesFootpathCrossesRiver ThamesLocaleOxfordCharacteristicsMaterialIronHeight12 feet 2 inches 3 71 m 1 No of spans2Piers in water1HistoryOpened1886LocationvteRailways around OxfordLegendto Banburyto Worcester to Bicesterto Witney and Fairford Oxford ParkwayYarnton Oxford Road HaltYarnton Loop City boundaryWolvercot JunctionWolvercot Platform Wolvercote HaltOxford North JunctionPort Meadow HaltExchange sidingsSheepwash Channel Rewley Road Swing BridgeOxford Oxford Rewley RoadOsney Rail BridgeGasworks Bridge Oxford Gas WorksRiver IsisCity boundary Oxford Grandpont GoodsHinksey HaltMillstream JunctionAbingdon Road HaltKennington JunctionRadley Iffley Haltto Didcot Kennington Railway BridgeLittlemoreMorris CowleyBMW Mini terminalHorspath Haltto Princes RisboroughThe bridge was constructed by the Oxford amp District Gas Company in 1886 2 for a short railway branch line to carry coal to the gas works from the main Cherwell Valley Line at a junction just south of Osney Rail Bridge The bridge was built by assembling sections on the south bank of the river and floating them into position The gas works was demolished in 1960 no evidence of the railway line is visible on the footbridge Since the demolition of the gas works other names have been used for the bridge For a few years after the closure of the railway it appears to have been crossed by a private road 3 and the Environment Agency refers to the bridge simply as Road Bridge 4 although no road now crosses it The bridge is now usually referred to by its old name 5 It has occasionally been referred to as Osney Footbridge 6 although the bridge is some distance from Osney and that name is also used for a different bridge 7 See also EditCrossings of the River ThamesReferences Edit River Thames Alliance Bridge heights on the River Thames Woolley Liz 2012 Oxford s Working Past Oxford Huxley Scientific Press pp 22 4 ISBN 978 0 9522671 7 1 Curl James Stevens 1977 The Erosion of Oxford Oxford Illustrated Press Ltd p 117 ISBN 0 902280 40 6 Environment Agency Users Guide to the Thames p 41 For example by the leader of Oxford City Council My hidden Oxford Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine by Sustrans Archived 18 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine and by Cyclox Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Oxford Times 19 Aug 2010 The Osney Lane bridge in GeographExternal links EditPhotograph on Geograph Heritage Explorer English HeritageNext crossing upstream River Thames Next crossing downstreamOsney Rail Bridge railway Gasworks Bridge Grandpont Bridge pedestrian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gasworks Bridge amp oldid 1125824296, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
