History

Bridge shown on this site in OS Second Edition Map 1900. Inscription records widening in 1907 and reconstruction in 1927 by Rhondda Borough Council, designed and erected by staff of Council with structural engineer E. Taylor and made by Horsehay Co., of Shropshire. Originally carried a tramway.

Exterior

A single span road bridge; of bow girder construction comprising 2 painted curved metal parapets with uprights and diagonal braces on either side of the road, with adjacent on each side a footpath with latticework parapet and pyramidal caps and billet mouldings to uprights. End piers of channelled concrete with moulded shallow pyramidal caps over billet moulding; cast inscription on each end pier surmounted by decorative shaft. Beneath, the metal supports end in scrolled corbels on upstream side. Rockfaced stone abutments. These show evidence of widening and the footings of the cutwaters to the previous bridge are visible.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special interest as an intact example of this type of inter-war bridge construction.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29494732

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