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Until the bridge was completed and opened, through passengers were carried from one station to the other by coach, using the 1816 road bridge across the River Wye. The railway bridge was opened to public use for the first time on 19 July 1852; Chepstow East station closed at the same time as redundant.
Chepstow is a historic walled border town and ancient port, situated at the southern end of the Wye Valley, two hours from London. The line continues east from the station to Gloucester over the Chepstow railway bridge. It was formerly the junction station for the Wye Valley Railway to Monmouth Troy station until this line closed to passengers ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Railway bridges in Gloucestershire. ... Chepstow Railway Bridge; G.
The bridge crosses a river with one of the highest tidal ranges in the world. It carried the main A48 road between Newport and Gloucester until 1988, when a new road bridge was opened downstream alongside Chepstow Railway Bridge. The road bridge now carries local traffic between Chepstow and Tutshill. It is a Grade I listed building.
Holme Lacy Bridge - Ballingham Railway Bridge: grid reference: 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 - Closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway line. Decking ...
Chepstow Railway Bridge, crossing the River Wye between England and Wales Goole railway swing bridge , crossing the River Ouse near Goole Great Northern Railway Bridge Number 184 , crossing the River Nene in Peterborough
The Chepstow Railway Bridge, slightly downstream, was built to an innovative and functional design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1852. Most of Brunel's structures have since been replaced. The railway bridge runs alongside the A48 road bridge opened in 1988. [89] Chepstow Museum, in Gwy House, built 1796
The Wye Valley Railway was a standard gauge railway that ran for nearly 15 miles (24 km) along the Lower Wye Valley between the towns of Chepstow and Monmouth, crossing several times between Wales and England. Opened on 1 November 1876, it was leased to, and worked by, the Great Western Railway (GWR), before being fully absorbed by the GWR in 1905.