List of crossings of the River Wye

Crossings of the River Wye in the UK cover the whole length of the 215 kilometres (134 mi) from its source to the River Severn. For much of its length the river forms part of the border between England and Wales. The lower Wye Valley is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[1][2] There are some 15 Grade II listed bridges, just 1 Grade II* listed bridge and 3 Grade I listed bridges.

River Wye

Crossings
Key to heritage status
Status Criteria[3]
I Grade I listed. Bridge of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
II* Grade II* listed. Particularly important bridge of more than special interest
II Grade II listed. Bridge of national importance and special interest
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In order, moving downstream:

Crossing Coordinates Built Heritage
status		 Locality Notes Refs Image
Y Drum Bridge grid reference SN 854 828 1965 Pont Rhydgaled The first bridge over the Wye, 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) below its source. A steel beam structure with a wooden deck, 10 metres (33 ft) long with two cylindrical columns mid-span. [4]
Pont Cefn-Brwyn grid reference SN 830 836 about 1910 Pont Rhygaled Built to serve the lead mines in Nant Iago. The bridge was strengthened in 1975 to allow road vehicles from the Institute of Hydrology to reach a weir upstream of the bridge. [4]
Pont Rhydgaled 1800[4] Pont Rhydgaled Carries A44 over river just above its confluence with the Afon Tarrenig. Close to Sweeter Still rally stage.
Nanty grid reference SN 854 820 1992 A 3-span wooden footbridge built to replace an earlier structure. The Nanty Lead Mine was located here, but closed in 1867 - the bridge is also known as the Nanty Mine Bridge. [4]
Footbridge 1992 The Wye Valley Walk footbridge
Waun Capel Parc footbridge grid reference SN 968 681 1965 - Rhayader A single-span made of three continuous truss girders of welded steel, built by the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers. [4]
Rhayader road bridge Carries the B4518 road.
Glyn Bridge
Llanwrthwl Bridge
Yr Allt Farm bridge Farm access
Newbridge-on-Wye Bridge
Brynwern Bridge
Builth Road Railway Bridge Near Builth Road railway station. Located on the Heart of Wales Line.
Wye Bridge, Builth Wells II Builth Wells
Erwood Bridge Erwood Carries the B4594 road.
Lady Milford's Bridge - Llanstephan
Boughrood Bridge II
Glasbury Bridge
Hay Bridge Crossed over the river from Radnorshire to Brecknockshire as well as the currently closed Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway. It is near the former Hay-on-Wye station which is on the southern side in Herefordshire.
Whitney-on-Wye Railway Bridge Demolished on the former Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway which is currently closed.
Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge II
Bredwardine Bridge II
Bridge Sollers Bridge This bridge replaced one dating from 1896, it was opened in 2004.
Hunderton Bridge - Hereford On the former Goods Line, part of the original Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
Greyfriars bridge (A49 road)
Wye Bridge (Hereford) I Late C15, widened 1826. Ashlar sandstone. 6 arches, 1

rebuilt C17; V-shaped cutwaters with refuges over; bands; chamfered ashlar coping.
Victoria Bridge II Footbridge over River Wye. c1897. Built by Findlay of Motherwell. Concrete piers with ashlar cutwaters; semi-suspension central span; lattice-work towers and parapets; terracotta piers with cast-iron lamp columns. Erected by public subscription to mark Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Greenway Bridge - Rotherwas, Hereford Bridge links the Bartonsham and Rotherwas areas of Hereford.
Eign Bridge - Rotherwas, Hereford Built as part of the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway which line is largely closed apart from the section here which is part of the Welsh Marches Line.
Holme Lacy Bridge -
Ballingham Railway Bridge grid reference SO 569 306 1855-1859 Ballingham Carried the closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway over the river, the bridge decking is demolished. [4]
Hoarwithy Bridge -
Sellack Suspension Bridge II
Foy Bridge -
Strangford Railway Bridge - Currently closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway line. Decking spanning the river demolished.
Backney Railway Bridge - Currently closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway line.
Bridstow Bridge - Bridstow bridge, completed in 1960, carries the A40 trunk road over the river Wye near Ross-on-Wye. It is 353 feet/108 m long, and comprises two cantilever sets and a suspended span.
Wilton Bridge I An exceptionally fine stone bridge. In 1597 an Act was passed authorising its construction. It was completed within the next 2 years. 5 semicircular arches each with 3 ribs. Massive cutwaters on each side carried up and splayed back from the outer angle at parapet level forming semi-hexagonal refuges. At the point where the splay dies out is a moulded string which is mitred and carried up to the angle against the spandrils of the arches and then mitred and carried across to form a label above the arches. The voussoirs of the arches are chamfered and joggled and have various masons' marks. On upstream side the bridge has been widened but now the parapet has gone and been replaced by a wooden handrail. South East approach to bridge has been rebuilt in ashlar with 2 flights of stone steps to the river bank. The sundial, formerly in one of the refuges has gone and only the base of the pedestal remains.
Kerne Bridge II Road bridge. 1828 by B D Jones. Ashlar. Five-span bridge with large central arch flanked by graded arches each separated by triangular shaped cutwaters rising to pilaster buttresses, solid parapet.
Welsh Bicknor Railway Bridge - On the currently closed Ross and Monmouth Railway.
Huntsham Bridge II
Hand ferry at the Ye Old Ferrie Inn - Symonds Yat
Hand ferry at the Saracens Head Inn - Symonds Yat
Biblins Bridge - Site of Biblins Youth Campsite
Wye Bridge (Monmouth) II Built in 1617
Duke of Beaufort Bridge II Monmouth Troy Built in 1874. It is listed (as a historic structure) simply as the Railway Bridge, Monmouth. It carried the Ross and Monmouth Railway line. Still in use as a footpath.
Monmouth Viaduct 51.804475°N 2.707872°W / 51.804475; -2.707872 - Monmouth Troy Bridge dismantled in 1967. It carried the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk & Pontypool Railway line. Part of the currently closed Wye Valley Railway line.
Penallt Viaduct II Also known as, and listed as Redbrook Railway Bridge. Previously carried the Wye Valley Railway. Still in use as a footpath.
Bigsweir Bridge II* Carries the A466 road.
Brockweir Bridge 51.707029°N 2.668972°W / 51.707029; -2.668972 (Brockweir Bridge) 1906 II Brockweir Designed by S.W. & A.L. Yockney of Victoria Street, Westminster. The contractors were E. Finch and Company of Chepstow. [5]
Tintern Railway Bridge 51.700334°N 2.673260°W / 51.700334; -2.673260 (Tintern Railway Bridge) Tintern station Demolished. On the currently closed Wye Valley Railway south of Tintern railway station.
Old Tramway Bridge 51.699424°N 2.681343°W / 51.699424; -2.681343 (Old Tramway Bridge) 1875 II Tintern Listed as the Old Tramway Bridge (formerly Wireworks Bridge), but also known as the Tintern Footbridge. Previously carried the Tintern Wireworks Branch, now a footbridge. [6]
Old Wye Bridge, Chepstow 52.48855°N 3.72676°W / 52.48855; -3.72676 (Wye Bridge) I Chepstow Carries the B4228 road.
A48 bridge 52.48681°N 3.72227°W / 52.48681; -3.72227 (A48 bridge at Chepstow) - Chepstow Carries the A48 road.
Chepstow Railway Bridge 52.48151°N 3.71618°W / 52.48151; -3.71618 (Chepstow Railway Bridge) II Chepstow Built in 1852 as part of the South Wales Railway. It also brought the currently closed Wye Valley Railway into Chepstow station. It now carries the Gloucester to Newport Line.
M48 Wye Bridge 52.47276°N 3.70141°W / 52.47276; -3.70141 (M48 Wye Bridge) II Tidenham and Chepstow Built in 1966, it carries the M4 motorway between England and Wales.
Severn-Wye Cable Tunnel 51.61098°N 2.66921°W / 51.61098; -2.66921 (Severn-Wye Cable Tunnel) - Newhouse (Mathern) – Aust The tunnel is 47.5 m deep, with a diameter of 3.05 m and a total length of 3,678 m.[7] The tunnel carries two 400 kV circuits, each with three cables.[8] The tunnel is owned by National Grid plc. The image to the right shows the cables on pylons entering the Aust (eastern) end of the tunnel before going underground.
Aust Severn Powerline Crossing 51.60578°N 2.64136°W / 51.60578; -2.64136 (Aust Severn Powerline Crossing) - Longest powerline span in the UK at 1 mile (1,618 metres).

See also

Notes
  1. "Natural England information on AONBs and map". Natural England. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. "Natural England information on Wye Valley AONB". Natural England. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  3. Listed Buildings, English Heritage, archived from the original on 27 December 2012, retrieved 22 April 2011
  4. Crow, Alan (1995). Bridges on the River Wye. Hereford: Lapridge Publications. ISBN 0-9518589-9-8.
  5. Historic England. "Brockweir Bridge  (Grade II) (1393683)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. Historic England. "Old Tramway Bridge (Formerly Wireworks Bridge)  (Grade II) (1393682)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  7. "Mono Severn Wye Tunnel Project wins award". HighBeam. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  8. "Severn-Wye Cable Tunnel refurb". Global Trade Media. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
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