Oaks Viaduct spanned the

Dearne Valley The Dearne Valley () is an area of South Yorkshire, England, along the River Dearne. It encompasses the towns of Wombwell, Wath-upon-Dearne, Swinton, Conisbrough and Mexborough, the large villages of Ardsley, Bolton on Dearne, Goldthorpe ...

, in

South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, Lincolnshire ...

, England. The viaduct was long and crossed Pontefract Road at Hoyle Mill, and spanned the Dearne Valley including the

Dearne and Dove Canal The Dearne and Dove Canal ran for almost ten miles through South Yorkshire, England from Swinton, South Yorkshire, Swinton to Barnsley through nineteen canal lock, locks, rising . The canal also had two short branches, the Worsbrough branch and ...

and the Barnsley Coal Railway. It carried the Midland Railway's Cudworth-Barnsley branch. It opened to goods traffic in 1869 and to passenger traffic in 1870. On the Barnsley side the line gave access to Barnsley Main Colliery. The line also served Monk Bretton Colliery and a stub at the Cudworth end is still used to deliver sand to Redfearn's Glass Works at Monk Bretton. The "Cudworth Flyer" local train from

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 71,422 in 2021, while the wider boroug ...

, connecting with Midland line trains at Cudworth, passed over the viaduct. The service was withdrawn on 6 June 1958, although a goods train from Carlton Yard continued to run until the closure of Court House Goods station. In 1965, the bridge was deemed unsafe, leading to the withdrawal of all train services and its eventual demolition.Withdrawal of Service notice, Barnsley-Cudworth, British Railways, 1958

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Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley Railway viaducts in South Yorkshire Demolished bridges in England Buildings and structures demolished in 1965 {{England-rail-transport-stub

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