| 词条 | Kennington Railway Bridge |
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|bridge_name= Kennington Railway Bridge |image= KenningtonRlyBridge01.JPG |caption= Kennington Railway Bridge from downstream. Beyond the bridge can be seen the crossing at the confluence of Hinksey Stream. |official_name= |carries= Former Wycombe Railway |crosses=River Thames |locale= Kennington, Oxfordshire |maint= Network Rail |id= |design= bowstring bridge |material= steel |spans= |pierswater= |length= |width= |height= {{convert|13|ft|6|in}}[1] |mainspan= {{convert|83|ft}} |number_spans= 3 |clearance= |below= |num_track= 1 |track_gauge= standard gauge |structure_gauge= |designer= AC Cookson, ACGI, MICE |winner= |engineering= |builder= George Palmer |fabricator= Horseley Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd |open= 1923 |replaces= 5-span bridge built in 1863 |traffic= |map_cue= |map_image= |map_text= |map_width= |coordinates={{coord|51.721345|-1.242253|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |lat= |long= }} 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 {{rws|Maidenhead}} and {{rws|Oxford}} via {{rws|High Wycombe}} and {{rws|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 {{convert|83|ft}} long. The railway on the bridge is on a curve with a radius of {{convert|12|chain|m|lk=in}}. The bridge crosses the river askew.{{sfn|Cookson|1923|p=444}} Earlier bridge and replacementThe current bridge replaces a five-span plate girder bridge built for the Wycombe Railway in 1863. In 1914 Great Western Railway engineers noted that some of the screw piles of the old bridge had settled slightly. They wanted to replace the bridge but were prevented by the First World War. Therefore, with the consent of the Thames Conservancy, the GWR shored up the bridge with wooden trestles resting on foundations of bagged cement until the end of wartime restrictions would allow the bridge to be replaced.{{sfn|Cookson|1923|p=443}} In 1923 the new bridge was built parallel to the old one. The GWR had it designed in-house, but contracted its construction to George Palmer of Neath, Glamorgan. The Horseley Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd of Tipton was subcontracted to make the six bowstrings for the three new spans. Each span is {{convert|83|ft}} long and weighs 23 tons.{{sfn|Cookson|1923|p=447}} The GWR transported each completed bowstring from Tipton to Kennington by rail on a pair of Pollen C four-wheeled wagons. At the bridge site each bowstring was lifted into place by two rail-mounted 36-ton cranes.{{sfn|Cookson|1923|p=445}} When the new bridge was completed, the railway was realigned for a distance of {{convert|10|chain|m|sigfig=2}} either side to cross the new bridge.{{sfn|Cookson|1923|p=444}} The old bridge was then dismantled and its piers and temporary trestles demolished.{{sfn|Cookson|1923|p=447}} HaltAt the western end of the bridge is the site of the former Iffley Halt railway station.[2] See also{{Oxford area RDT}}
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.visitthames.co.uk/text.asp?PageId=320 |title=Bridge heights on the River Thames |publisher=River Thames Alliance |accessdate= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124114502/http://www.visitthames.co.uk/text.asp?PageId=320 |archive-date=24 January 2008 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }} 2. ^{{harvnb|Mitchell|Smith|2003|loc=map IX, fig. 32}} Sources
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