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Key to heritage status
Status Criteria[1]
I Grade I listed. Bridge of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
II* Grade II* listed. Particularly important bridge of more than special interest
II Grade II listed. Bridge of national importance and special interest
SM
 Scheduled Monument. Nationally important archaeological bridge.
Crossing Coordinates Heritage
status 		Locality Notes Image
Taf Fawr Viaduct Carries A465 road
Cefn Railway Viaduct[2] II* Carried the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
Pont-y-Cafnau[3][4] 51°36′18″N 3°20′18″W / 51.60499°N 3.33820°W / 51.60499; -3.33820 (Old Bridge, Pontypridd) II* Pedestrian bridge
SM
Jackson's Bridge[5] II
Pont-y-gwaith[6] II
Goitre Coed Viaduct
(a.k.a.Quakers Yard Railway Viaduct)[7] 		II*
Greenfield Bridge[8][9] II* Pedestrian bridge
SM
Pipe bridge
Rodericks Terrace bridge
(a footbridge on each side).
Pipe bridge
Victoria Bridge[10][11] II* Pedestrian bridge
SM
Pipe bridge
Pipe bridge Abercynon This bridge was formerly the railway line from Pontypridd to Ystrad Mynach
A472 road bridge
A470 road bridge
B4275 road bridge
Lady Windsor Cycle Track bridge
Stream Bridge
Abercynon Park & Ride bridge
Taff Vale Railway Viaduct[12] II Pontsionnorton
(Pont Sion Norton)
Berw Bridge
(in foreground)
Taff Vale Railway Viaduct
(partially in background)
Berw (Road) Bridge[13]
(a.k.a. White Bridge)[13] 		II* Pontsionnorton
Old Bridge
(a.k.a. William Edwards Bridge
and Pontypridd Bridge) 		51°36′18″N 3°20′18″W / 51.60499°N 3.33820°W / 51.60499; -3.33820 (Old Bridge, Pontypridd) I Pedestrian bridge
Old Bridge
(in foreground)
Victoria Bridge
(in background)
SM
Victoria Bridge 51°36′18″N 3°20′18″W / 51.60491°N 3.338275°W / 51.60491; -3.338275 (Old Bridge, Pontypridd) - Carries Bridge Street (A4223 road)
Ynysangharad Park Bridge[14]
A4058 bridge at Pontypridd Carries the A4058 road
Machine Bridge[15]
(a.k.a. Pont y Doctor
or Doctor's Bridge)[15][16] 		II* Bridge formerly carried Dr. Richard Griffiths' Tramroad.[16] A weighing machine for coal trams was installed close by, which is where it got its name.[16]
Road bridge on the B4595 - Carried the B4595
Castle Bridge[17] II
Road and footbridge at Treforest -
Gwaelod-y-Garth Road Bridge -
Footbridge and pipelines
(former railway bridge)
Railway Viaduct at Gwaelod-y-Garth[18] -
Footbridge at Gwaelod-y-Garth -
Footbridge at Taffs Well -
Walnut Tree Viaduct -
The new Ynys Bridge
(B4265 road) 		51°34′30″N 2°41′20″W / 51.575°N 2.6889°W / 51.575; -2.6889 (The Severn Tunnel) - Carries the B4265 road
The old Ynys Bridge[19]
(a.k.a. Castle Coch Bridge)[19] 		51°34′30″N 2°41′20″W / 51.575°N 2.6889°W / 51.575; -2.6889 (The Severn Tunnel) II
Railway bridge 52°29′36″N 3°44′04″W / 52.49347°N 3.73458°W / 52.49347; -3.73458 (The source of the River Severn) - Morganstown Carries the Rhondda line Not available
Iron Bridge, Tongwynlais 51°31′36″N 3°15′12″W / 51.52678°N 3.2532°W / 51.52678; -3.2532 (Iron Bridge, Tongwynlais) -
M4 bridge 51°31′32″N 3°15′12″W / 51.52562°N 3.25324°W / 51.52562; -3.25324 (The Severn Tunnel) -
Footbridge and pipeline 51°31′00″N 3°14′51″W / 51.51667°N 3.24751°W / 51.51667; -3.24751 (The source of the River Severn) - Radyr
Red Bridge[20]
(a.k.a. Afon (River) Taff Viaduct)[21] 		51°31′32″N 3°15′12″W / 51.5256°N 3.25324°W / 51.5256; -3.25324 (The source of the River Severn) II Rhondda line railway bridge
Disused railway bridge at Hailey Park 51°30′29″N 3°14′21″W / 51.50815°N 3.23908°W / 51.50815; -3.23908 (The source of the River Severn) -
Llandaff Bridge 51°30′01″N 3°13′40″W / 51.50018°N 3.2277°W / 51.50018; -3.2277 (The source of the River Severn) - Carries the A4054
A48 Western Avenue bridge 51°29′49″N 3°12′34″W / 51.49702°N 3.20936°W / 51.49702; -3.20936 (A48 Western Avenue bridge) - Carries the A48 road
Blackweir Bridge 52°29′36″N 3°44′04″W / 52.49347°N 3.73458°W / 52.49347; -3.73458 (Blackweir Bridge) - Pedestrian bridge
Millennium Footbridge 51°29′03″N 3°11′17″W / 51.48407°N 3.18808°W / 51.48407; -3.18808 (Millennium Footbridge) - Cardiff city centre Pedestrian bridge
Cardiff Bridge[22] 51°28′52″N 3°11′09″W / 51.48104°N 3.18579°W / 51.48104; -3.18579 (Cardiff Bridge) II Cardiff city centre A4161
Wood Street Bridge[23] 51°28′34″N 3°10′57″W / 51.47621°N 3.18241°W / 51.47621; -3.18241 (Wood Street Bridge) - Cardiff city centre Carries traffic on Wood Street
Taff Bridge
(Wood Street Railway Bridge)[24] 		51°28′32″N 3°10′56″W / 51.47553°N 3.18221°W / 51.47553; -3.18221 (Cardiff Intersection Bridge) - Cardiff city centre Carries the South Wales Main Line
Penarth Road River Taff Bridge[25] 51°28′20″N 3°10′53″W / 51.47218°N 3.18149°W / 51.47218; -3.18149 (Penarth Road Bridge) - Grangetown / Butetown A4160 road
Clarence Bridge[26] 51°27′54″N 3°10′25″W / 51.46493°N 3.17355°W / 51.46493; -3.17355 (Clarence Bridge) - Grangetown / Butetown Carries the A4119
Taff Viaduct
(Butetown Link Road Bridge) 		51°27′28″N 3°10′37″W / 51.45770°N 3.17691°W / 51.45770; -3.17691 (Taff Viaduct over A4232) - Cardiff Bay Carries the A4232
Cardiff Bay Barrage
(three bascule bridges) 		51°26′50″N 3°09′57″W / 51.44718°N 3.16587°W / 51.44718; -3.16587 (Cardiff Bay Barrage) - Carries the Cardiff Bay Trail.
Part of NCR 88.
  1. ^ Listed Buildings, English Heritage, retrieved 22 April 2011
  2. ^ "Full Report for Listed Buildings (Cefn Railway Viaduct)". Cadw. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Full Report for Listed Buildings (Pont-y-Cafnau)". Cadw. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Scheduled Monuments- Full Report (Pont y Cafnau Tramroad Bridge)". Cadw. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Full Report for Listed Buildings (Jackson's Bridge)". Cadw. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Full Report for Listed Buildings (Pont y Gwaith)". Cadw. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Full Report for Listed Buildings (Quakers Yard Railway Viaduct)". Cadw. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Full Report for Listed Buildings (Greenfield Bridge, Penydarren Tramroad)". Cadw. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Scheduled Monuments- Full Report (Merthyr Tramroad)". Cadw. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Full Report for Listed Buildings (Victoria Bridge, Penydarren Tramroad)". Cadw. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Scheduled Monuments- Full Report (Merthyr Tramroad)". Cadw. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Full Report for Listed Buildings (Taff Vale Railway Viaduct over River Taff)". Cadw. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Full Report for Listed Buildings (White Bridge)". Cadw. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Ongoing repairs to Lido Ponty and Ynysangharad Park Bridge". Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Full Report for Listed Buildings (Machine Bridge)". Cadw. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  16. ^ a b c "Doctor's Bridge; Machine Bridge, Pontypridd". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales#Coflein. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Full Report for Listed Buildings (Castle Bridge)". Cadw. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Full Report for Listed Buildings (Railway Viaduct)". Cadw. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Full Report for Listed Buildings (Ynys Bridge)". Cadw. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Red Bridge - Aka River Taff Viaduct. 5 Spans Viaduct". abcrailwayguide.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Full Report for Listed Buildings (Afon Taff Viaduct)". Cadw. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  22. ^ "Full Report for Listed Buildings (Cardiff Bridge)". Cadw. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  23. ^ "Tudor Street". Cardiff Council. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  24. ^ "Across the great divide". dicmortimer.com. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  25. ^ "Penarth Road Bridge (River Taff), (City of Cardiff)". The National Archives. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  26. ^ "Clarence Road Bridge, Cardiff". Glamorgan Archives. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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