Plans to demolish a rare Grade II-listed wooden viaduct and replace it with a new road and rail crossing have been approved by the Snowdonia National Park Authority.
Pont Briwet, near Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, carries the Cambrian Coast railway and has a single-lane toll road for cars. The bridge crosses the boundary of Snowdonia National Park, and carries only cars and trains.
Snowdonia National Park approved the demolition and the new bridge, which will include cycle paths. Pont Briwet has stood since 1867 and was partially rebuilt in 1932.
The authority added: ‘The proposed combined bridge is of concrete construction. It will be approximately 18m wide in comparison with the 8.5m of the existing bridge.’
Construction of the new bridge is due to start this year and should be completed within two years.
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