Bourne_End_Railway_Bridge

Bourne End Railway Bridge

Bourne End Railway Bridge

Bridge in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire

Bourne End Railway Bridge is a railway bridge carrying the Marlow Branch Line, and a footpath over the River Thames in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England. It crosses the Thames on the reach between Cookham Lock and Marlow Lock.

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The bridge was originally constructed in wood by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as part of the Wycombe Railway, opened in 1854 and operated in broad gauge until 1870.[2] The narrow spans were unpopular with river traffic and the bridge was reconstructed in steel in 1895. A footbridge, cantilevered out from the railway bridge was added in 1992, to take the Thames Path across the river;[3] this substitutes for the historical towpath crossing point at Spade Oak ferry, about 1 km upstream of the bridge.[4]

In 2013, the bridge was restored and repainted in green, and a large number of rivets which had rusted away were replaced. The restoration took nearly a year to complete, being finished in December.[5] There was a plan to electrify the line,[6] but due to cost overruns during electrifying the GWR main line, this has apparently been postponed indefinitely.

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References

  1. [1]
    River Thames Alliance. Bridge heights on the River Thames.
  2. [2]
    B.B. Wheals (1983). Theirs were but human hearts. H.S. Publishing, Bucks. p. 113.
  3. [3]
    Cove-Smith, Chris (2006). The River Thames Book. Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson. ISBN 0-85288-892-9.
  4. [4]
    "Bourne End Rail & Foot Bridge - WHERE THAMES SMOOTH WATERS GLIDE".
  5. [5]
    "Bourne End railway bridge work 'finished by winter'". Maidenhead Advertiser. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. [6]
    "Electrification for Bourne End and Marlow rail". Bucks Free Press. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
Next crossing upstream River Thames Next crossing downstream
Marlow By-pass Bridge (road) Bourne End Railway Bridge Cookham Bridge (road)
Next crossing upstream Thames Path Next crossing downstream
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Temple Footbridge		 Bourne End Railway Bridge southern bank
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