Penallt Viaduct
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Penallt Viaduct, as seen from Lower Redbrook
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Penallt Viaduct is a viaduct that formerly carried the Wye Valley Railway over the River Wye, which at this location forms the border between England (Gloucestershire) and Wales (Monmouthshire). The 14-mile Wye Valley Railway opened on 1 November 1876.
The viaduct is a single-track curved structure of five girder spans supported on four pairs of cast iron columns, located between Redbrook on Wye and Penallt Halt stations. Passenger services ceased on the railway in 1959, but the viaduct is still open to carry a public footpath over the Wye between the villages of Redbrook and Penallt.
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- Railway viaducts in Gloucestershire
- Wye Valley Railway
- Railway bridges in Monmouthshire
- Forest of Dean
- Pedestrian bridges in England
- Pedestrian bridges in Wales
- Railway viaducts in Wales
- Bridges across the River Wye
- Former railway bridges in the United Kingdom
- Welsh building and structure stubs
- United Kingdom rail transport stubs
- United Kingdom bridge (structure) stubs