Wireworks Bridge | footbridge, Grade II Listed (UK)

United Kingdom / England / Tutshill-Sedbury / Main Road (A466)
 footbridge, Grade II Listed (UK)
A former railway bridge (dated 1875) which carried the short Tintern Wireworks Branch Line over the river Wye. The branch linked the wire works with the Wye Valley line of the Great Western Railway. Grade II Listed. -Adapted from Wikipedia, Geograph and historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1393...

Photos:
1) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5195172
2) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3570936
3) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3090284
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintern_Wireworks_Branch#The_route_today
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Coordinates:   51°41'57"N   2°40'52"W

Comments

  • The bridge was originally built as an extension branching off the Wye Valley Railway line to serve the now long gone Tintern Foundry and Wireworks.
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