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Timber Bridge over The Great Western and Rhymney Joint Railway (Zig Zag Branch)

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NPRN85807
Map ReferenceSO00NE
Grid ReferenceSO0657006630
Unitary (Local) AuthorityMerthyr Tydfil
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityTown
Type Of SiteBRIDGE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
A bridge over the G.W. &. Rhymney Joint Rly (Zig Zag Branch)
(Davies 1992): Built 1877 to carry a tramroad from No.4 Pit across the railway. Five spans: 3.7m;8.48m;9.07m;8.43m;2.97m. braced timber trestles, timber trusses and decking. Reconstructed 1938 with steel and concrete deck.

OS 6-inch (1905): bridge shown but without tramroad.
Described on post-war maps as footbridge.