List of crossings of the River Wye


Crossings of the River Wye in the UK cover the whole length of the 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. There are some 15 Grade II listed bridges, just 1 Grade II* listed bridge and 3 Grade I listed bridges.

Crossings

In order, moving downstream:
CrossingCoordinatesBuiltHeritage
status		LocalityNotesRefsImage
Y Drum Bridge1965Pont RhydgaledThe first bridge over the Wye, below its source. A steel beam structure with a wooden deck, long with two cylindrical columns mid-span.
Pont Cefn-Brwynabout 1910Pont RhygaledBuilt 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.
Pont Rhydgaled1800Pont RhydgaledCarries A44 over river just above its confluence with the Afon Tarrenig. Close to Sweeter Still rally stage.
Nanty1992A 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.
Footbridge1992The Wye Valley Walk footbridge
Waun Capel Parc footbridge1965-RhayaderA single-span made of three continuous truss girders of welded steel, built by the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers.
Rhayader road bridgeCarries the B4518 road.
Glyn Bridge
Llanwrthwl Bridge
Yr Allt Farm bridgeFarm access
Newbridge-on-Wye Bridge
Brynwern Bridge
Builth Road Railway BridgeNear Builth Road railway station.Located on the Heart of Wales Line.
Wye Bridge, Builth WellsBuilth Wells
Erwood BridgeErwoodCarries the B4594 road.
Lady Milford's Bridge-Llanstephan
Boughrood Bridge
Glasbury Bridge
Hay BridgeCrossed 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 BridgeDemolished on the former Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway which is currently closed.
Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge
Bredwardine Bridge
Bridge Sollers BridgeThis bridge replaced one dating from 1896, it was opened in 2004.
Hunderton Bridge-HerefordOn the former Goods Line, part of the original Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
Greyfriars bridge
Wye Bridge Late C15, widened 1826. Ashlar sandstone. 6 arches, 1
rebuilt C17; V-shaped cutwaters with refuges over; bands;
chamfered ashlar coping.
Victoria BridgeFootbridge 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, HerefordBridge links the Bartonsham and Rotherwas areas of Hereford.
Eign Bridge-Rotherwas, HerefordBuilt 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 Bridge1855-1859BallinghamCarried the closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway over the river, the bridge decking is demolished.
Hoarwithy Bridge-
Sellack Suspension Bridge
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 BridgeAn 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 BridgeRoad 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
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 Built in 1617
Duke of Beaufort BridgeMonmouth TroyBuilt in 1874. It is listed simply as the Railway Bridge, Monmouth. It carried the Ross and Monmouth Railway line. Still in use as a footpath.
Monmouth Viaduct-Monmouth TroyBridge dismantled in 1967. It carried the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk & Pontypool Railway line. Part of the currently closed Wye Valley Railway line.
Penallt ViaductAlso known as, and listed as Redbrook Railway Bridge. Previously carried the Wye Valley Railway. Still in use as a footpath.
Bigsweir BridgeCarries the A466 road.
Brockweir Bridge1906BrockweirDesigned by S.W. & A.L. Yockney of Victoria Street, Westminster. The contractors were E. Finch and Company of Chepstow.
Tintern Railway BridgeTintern stationDemolished. On the currently closed Wye Valley Railway south of Tintern railway station.
Old Tramway Bridge1875TinternListed as the Old Tramway Bridge, but also known as the Tintern Footbridge. Previously carried the Tintern Wireworks Branch, now a footbridge.
Old Wye Bridge, ChepstowChepstowCarries the B4228 road.
A48 bridge-ChepstowCarries the A48 road.
Chepstow Railway BridgeChepstowBuilt 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 BridgeTidenham and ChepstowBuilt in 1966, it carries the M4 motorway between England and Wales.
Severn-Wye Cable Tunnel-Newhouse – AustThe tunnel is 47.5 m deep, with a diameter of 3.05 m and a total length of 3,678 m. The tunnel carries two 400 kV circuits, each with three cables. The tunnel is owned by National Grid plc. The image to the right shows the cables on pylons entering the Aust end of the tunnel before going underground.
Aust Severn Powerline Crossing-Longest powerline span in the UK at 1 mile.