Chepstow Bridge
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| Chepstow | |||||||||
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| Monmouthshire • Gloucestershire | |||||||||
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| 24 July 1816 | |||||||||
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| £20,000 | |||||||||
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The Chepstow Bridge (also known as the Old Wye Bridge) is a cast iron bridge crossing the River Wye at Chepstow, forming the border between England and Wales. It was constructed in 1816.
History
The first known bridge crossing the Wye was built by the Normans in the 13th century. The current bridge was constructed between 1814 and 1816, designed by John Rennie at a cost of nearly £20,000. The bridge opened on Wednesday 24 July 1816.
When roads were first classified in 1922 the bridge was classified as part of the route between Gloucester and Newport, the A437. During the 1935 Road numbering revision the route was reclassified as the A48. In 1988 a new relief road opened to relieve traffic from the centre of Chepstow including a new bridge over the River Wye, from this date the route became unclassified.
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