Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
14322
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/02/1994
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Foryd Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Rhyl
Town
Locality
Easting
299542
Northing
380644
Street Side
Location
Carries the road over the River Clwyd at the western boundary of the town.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The first bridge on the site was erected by the Rhyl Bridge Company in 1862 and was operated as a toll bridge; it was purchased by the 2 county councils of Flintshire and Denbighshire in 1925. By then in a very poor condition, it was replaced by the present bridge, which opened to traffic in 1932. This was designed by the county surveyor of Flintshire, Mr D G Whitley, in association with Messrs. Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, and was constructed by the engineers Dorman, Long & Co.
Exterior
Steel arch ‘bowspring’ bridge of 2 spans, each of 150 feet with paired central iron drum supplrts. Reinforced concrete abutments, side-bridges to either side, and sea-wall to E. Concrete side bridges of triple flat arched span, with shallow stepped parapets continuing as sea-wall retaining the roadway on NE side. Main spans comprise parallel welded steel arched trusses, with road-bed carried on girders. Vertical posts brace the trusses, which are also braced laterally and longitudinally at the centre of the span. Cantilevered footways to either side, with cast-iron hand rails.
Interior
Reason for designation
A striking example of civil engineering which forms a notable landmark at the mouth of the River Clwyd.
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