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'''A34 Road Bridge''' is a modern road bridge carrying the Western Oxford By-pass [[A34 road]] at [[Oxford]], [[England]], across the [[River Thames]]. It crosses the Thames just upstream of [[Godstow Lock]] on the reach to [[King's Lock]]. The bridge was built in [[1961]].
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The '''A34 Road Bridge''' is a modern road bridge carrying the [[Oxford ring road]] ([[A34 road (England)|A34 road]]) at [[Oxford]], [[England]], across the [[River Thames]]. It crosses the Thames just upstream of [[Godstow Lock]] near [[Wolvercote]] on the reach to [[King's Lock]]. The bridge was built in 1961.
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==See also==
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[[Crossings of the River Thames]]


The bridge's formal name on the Ordnance Survey map is '''Thames Bridge''',<ref>{{gbmapping|cap=1|SP 4817 0936}}</ref><ref>[http://thames.me.uk/s01880.htm Where Thames Sweet Waters Glide website]</ref> possibly to distinguish it from the [[Isis Bridge]], the only other bridge carrying the Oxford ring road over the Thames.
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An embankment either side of the bridge carries the A34 over the Thames floodplain. To the south the embankment links the bridge to a bridge carrying the A34 over the local road between [[Wytham]] and Wolvercote. To the north the bridge is linked by the embankment to the Wolvercote Viaduct that carries the A34 across the [[Cherwell Valley Line]] railway, the [[Oxford Canal]] and the [[A40 road]]. Between 2008 and 2010 there was a major project to replace the viaduct with a new bridge.<ref>[http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/search/2286430.Delays_feared_as_A34_work_starts/ Thisisoxfordshire 21 May 2008]</ref><ref>[http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/14397.aspx Highways Agency: A34 Wolvercote Viaduct Replacement] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526034657/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/14397.aspx |date=26 May 2009 }}</ref> The bridge over the Thames was not replaced.


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Latest revision as of 00:26, 16 May 2023

A34 Road Bridge
Coordinates51°46′51″N 1°18′11″W / 51.780854°N 1.303185°W / 51.780854; -1.303185
CarriesA34 road
CrossesRiver Thames
LocaleOxford
Maintained byNational Highways
Characteristics
Height13 feet 6 inches (4.11 m)
History
Opened1961
Location
Map

The A34 Road Bridge is a modern road bridge carrying the Oxford ring road (A34 road) at Oxford, England, across the River Thames. It crosses the Thames just upstream of Godstow Lock near Wolvercote on the reach to King's Lock. The bridge was built in 1961.

The bridge's formal name on the Ordnance Survey map is Thames Bridge,[1][2] possibly to distinguish it from the Isis Bridge, the only other bridge carrying the Oxford ring road over the Thames.

An embankment either side of the bridge carries the A34 over the Thames floodplain. To the south the embankment links the bridge to a bridge carrying the A34 over the local road between Wytham and Wolvercote. To the north the bridge is linked by the embankment to the Wolvercote Viaduct that carries the A34 across the Cherwell Valley Line railway, the Oxford Canal and the A40 road. Between 2008 and 2010 there was a major project to replace the viaduct with a new bridge.[3][4] The bridge over the Thames was not replaced.

References

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  1. ^ Grid reference SP 4817 0936
  2. ^ Where Thames Sweet Waters Glide website
  3. ^ Thisisoxfordshire 21 May 2008
  4. ^ Highways Agency: A34 Wolvercote Viaduct Replacement Archived 26 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine

See also

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Next crossing upstream River Thames Next crossing downstream
Swinford Toll Bridge (toll road) A34 Road Bridge Godstow Bridge (road)


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