We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
Latitude: 53.063 / 53°3'46"N
Longitude: -3.0242 / 3°1'27"W
OS Eastings: 331461
OS Northings: 352243
OS Grid: SJ314522
Mapcode National: GBR 74.C3WQ
Mapcode Global: WH88Y.J84N
Plus Code: 9C5R3X7G+68
Entry Name: Bridge over Former Railway
Listing Date: 1 December 1995
Last Amended: 1 December 1995
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 16535
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300016535
Location: Towards the junction of Highfield Road and Poolmouth Road, the bridge carries Highfield Road over the sunken bed of the former railway line next to Oakfield House.
County: Wrexham
Community: Gwersyllt
Community: Gwersyllt
Built-Up Area: Wrexham
Traditional County: Denbighshire
Tagged with: Road bridge
Towards the junction of Highfield Road and Poolmouth Road, the bridge carries Highfield Road over the sunken bed of the former railway line next to Oakfield House.
The railway was the Brymbo branch of the Wrexham, Mold, and Connahs Quay Railway, which opened as far as the Moss and Pentre Station (serving Gatewen Colliery) in 1882.
Slightly bellied cast-iron girders carry the road bed between rusticated stone abutments, surmounted by similarly rusticated piers. Parapets to either side are cast-iron railings, the curved braces to head and foot forming arcaded decoration.
A good example of a late cast-iron bridge (the best surviving example of this type of construction in the area), and a significant relic of the former importance of the railway network in this area.
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings