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| Osney Footbridge |
|
| Carries |
Footpath |
| Crosses |
River Thames |
| Locale |
Oxford |
| Material |
Iron |
| Opening date |
1882 |
Osney Footbridge is an iron bridge across the River Thames at Oxford in England. It is a pedestrian bridge linking Grandpont to the Grandpont nature reserve.
The bridge, formerly known as "Gasworks Bridge", was constructed by the Oxford Gaslight and Coke Company in 1882 for a short railway branch line to carry coal to the 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 gasworks was demolished in 1960; no evidence of the railway line is visible on the footbridge.
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