Second Neath River Bridge, South Wales Railway, Neath

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NPRN34870
Map ReferenceSS79NE
Grid ReferenceSS7505997914
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNeath Port Talbot
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityNeath
Type Of SiteRAILWAY BRIDGE
PeriodPost Medieval, 19th Century
Description
An1890 rebuild of the original timber bridge (nprn 407205) by Brunel, carrying the South Wales Railway (nprn 402096), later Great Western Railway south Wales main line, over the River Neath in Neath. Of four spans, the bridge consists of braced pairs of tubular iron piers carrying a steel deck.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 22 October 2013.