Greyfriars Bridge
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| Greyfriars Bridge | |||
| Location Map ( geo) | |||
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| Location | |||
| Hereford | |||
| County | |||
| Herefordshire | |||
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| National Highways | |||
| Opening Date | |||
| 1966 | |||
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| On road(s) | |||
| A49 | |||
| Crossings related to the A49 | |||
Greyfriars Bridge carries the A49 Bamber Bridge to Ross on Wye road across the River Wye in Hereford. Opened in 1966, it is a replacement, as the mainroad way south out of the city, for the 15th-century stone-arched Wye Bridge which still stands beside it.
History
It was completed in October 1966 but the official opening was delayed to allow refacing after vandals poured black paint over the white side facings of the bridge. The official opening was on 19 January 1967 by Peter Carter, Mayor. It was a prestressed concrete bridge with a 200 foot span. It opened with the dual carriageway section of the North-South Relief Road from St Nicholas Street to Belmont Roundabout (A465) Contractor was Cementation Construction Ltd.