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Structure-ID: s0007217
Created on: 11/12/02
Modified on: 04/04/08


Monnow Bridge

Completed in: 1272
Status: in use
Location: Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Crosses: River Monnow
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Structural Type:
Arch bridge
Function / usage:
original use: Road bridge
current use: Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Rehabilitation
Consulting engineers Capita Gwent Consultancy

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
arches  stone
Dimensions
  total length 34.80 m
deck   deck width 7.30 m

Chronology
ca. 1272
Bridge is built.
ca. 1297
Addition of the Monnow Gate.
1705
The Monnow Gate is converted into a dwelling.
1827 And 1830
The bridge is widened.
1989
Strengthening works to pier foundations.
1989
Remains of previous wooden bridge dated to circa 1135-1169 discovered in river bed directly under Monnow Bridge.
March 2004
With the opening of the New Monnow Bridge, the old bridge is closed to vehicular traffic and is now only accessible to pedestrians.

Relevant Literature
* Prade, Marcel   Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 261.
* Rowlands, Michael L. J.   Monnow Bridge and Gate, Alan Sutton Publishing, Stroud (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0750904151, 1994.

 
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